Precise Praise
1) Precise praise is a strategy that uses precise and justified praise for students. You must differentiate between acknowledgment, such as saying good job when a student does something good and praise which is when a student does something beyond expectations. You also want to praise and acknowledge loudly, while fixing a problem softly. Praise must also be genuine to the student.
2) This precise praise strategy should work because it raises students sense of self, which is your perceptions, beliefs, and feelings about who you are as a person. By acknowledging and praising the students successes you ultimately make them feel better about themselves. This may in turn increase a students self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is belief that one is capable of executing certain behaviors or achieving certain goals.
3) In my Physical Education setting precise praise may go like this:
I have a student who comes into class and is not fond of P.E and does not like to participate because he thinks he is not as skilled as the other students.
One day we are playing soccer and he scores a goal. I could say to him, "Great job! I knew you could do it!"
By the time the semester is over, he loves P.E. and participates in every class willingly. At the end I could acknowledge him for his improvement in the class and tell him that I am proud of him.
Precise praise is crucial in P.E. because physical activity participation in children is declining dramatically and if they don't feel like they're as good as others in class they will be less likely to have physical activity outside of class.
2) This precise praise strategy should work because it raises students sense of self, which is your perceptions, beliefs, and feelings about who you are as a person. By acknowledging and praising the students successes you ultimately make them feel better about themselves. This may in turn increase a students self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is belief that one is capable of executing certain behaviors or achieving certain goals.
3) In my Physical Education setting precise praise may go like this:
I have a student who comes into class and is not fond of P.E and does not like to participate because he thinks he is not as skilled as the other students.
One day we are playing soccer and he scores a goal. I could say to him, "Great job! I knew you could do it!"
By the time the semester is over, he loves P.E. and participates in every class willingly. At the end I could acknowledge him for his improvement in the class and tell him that I am proud of him.
Precise praise is crucial in P.E. because physical activity participation in children is declining dramatically and if they don't feel like they're as good as others in class they will be less likely to have physical activity outside of class.