The best way to teach is to praise positive actions and ignore negative ones.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
The recommendation that “the best way to teach is to praise positive actions and ignore negative ones” is a compelling one. But one that I partially support because of the implications it can have on the learners. While praising positive actions to reinforce such behavior in the future is necessary, it is not wise to ignore the negative actions. There is no doubt that positive actions must be exemplified if the situation warrants, but ignoring the negative actions poses risks of its own.
Ignoring negative behavior might be perceived as a “green signal” to students that their behavior is acceptable and must be repeated without hesitation. This can lead to devastating results if not curtailed properly. For example, a foolhardy student showing off his ability to mix unknown hazardous chemicals in a science lab poses a danger to himself and his peers. Who is at fault here, the menacing student or the teacher who did not interject? Admonishing this student in front of his peers may seem harsh, but it would be eclipsed by the positive effect it produces in ensuring the safety of others. Assessment of the extremes of such nature is necessary for an educator. It is critical for an educator to draw fine distinctions between tolerable negative actions, such as a student heckling during a lecture, and the example stated before. Along with pointing out incorrect behavior, one must also provide the student with an appropriate alternative to prevent any further occurrence of such demeanor.
In conclusion, while positive reinforcement is undoubtedly unparalleled in providing a quality education and building a student’s character, but ignoring negative behavior is an extreme that one must abstain from.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, may, so, while, for example, in conclusion, no doubt, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 19.5258426966 77% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.4196629213 72% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 14.8657303371 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.3162921348 62% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 19.0 33.0505617978 57% => OK
Preposition: 34.0 58.6224719101 58% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 8.0 12.9106741573 62% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1457.0 2235.4752809 65% => OK
No of words: 278.0 442.535393258 63% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.24100719424 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.08329915638 4.55969084622 90% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.96217943634 2.79657885939 106% => OK
Unique words: 162.0 215.323595506 75% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.58273381295 0.4932671777 118% => OK
syllable_count: 468.9 704.065955056 67% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 6.24550561798 48% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.77640449438 281% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 20.2370786517 64% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 42.6711659363 60.3974514979 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 112.076923077 118.986275619 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.3846153846 23.4991977007 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.84615384615 5.21951772744 112% => OK
Paragraphs: 3.0 4.97078651685 60% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 10.2758426966 49% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.83258426966 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.190577552296 0.243740707755 78% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0775613715028 0.0831039109588 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0987883517943 0.0758088955206 130% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.150988978549 0.150359130593 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0977560039238 0.0667264976115 147% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.9 14.1392134831 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 48.8420337079 85% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 12.1743820225 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.11 12.1639044944 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.51 8.38706741573 113% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 100.480337079 85% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Minimum four paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, may, so, while, for example, in conclusion, no doubt, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 19.5258426966 77% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.4196629213 72% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 14.8657303371 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.3162921348 62% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 19.0 33.0505617978 57% => OK
Preposition: 34.0 58.6224719101 58% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 8.0 12.9106741573 62% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1457.0 2235.4752809 65% => OK
No of words: 278.0 442.535393258 63% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.24100719424 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.08329915638 4.55969084622 90% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.96217943634 2.79657885939 106% => OK
Unique words: 162.0 215.323595506 75% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.58273381295 0.4932671777 118% => OK
syllable_count: 468.9 704.065955056 67% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 6.24550561798 48% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.77640449438 281% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 20.2370786517 64% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 42.6711659363 60.3974514979 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 112.076923077 118.986275619 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.3846153846 23.4991977007 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.84615384615 5.21951772744 112% => OK
Paragraphs: 3.0 4.97078651685 60% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 10.2758426966 49% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.83258426966 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.190577552296 0.243740707755 78% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0775613715028 0.0831039109588 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0987883517943 0.0758088955206 130% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.150988978549 0.150359130593 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0977560039238 0.0667264976115 147% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.9 14.1392134831 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 48.8420337079 85% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 12.1743820225 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.11 12.1639044944 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.51 8.38706741573 113% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 100.480337079 85% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Minimum four paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.