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 sup

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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, describe specific circumstances in which adopting the recommendation would or would not be advantageous and explain how these examples shape your position.

“People often learn more from their failure than from success” is a very popular and well-founded saying. While it is essential to reward positive actions, it is equally important to point out the mistakes that a person makes. Otherwise, the process of learning will not bear much fruit.

The recommendation of the prompt posits that it is enough to only praise the positive actions and neglect or ignore the negative ones. Such a process of teaching will not enable learners to learn from their mistakes or failures. As human beings we learn from the cradle to the grave. It is crucial that we take note of our mistakes or actions that bring negative outcomes. Consider the case of a father and his child. If the child does not go to bed at the right time, then it is the responsibility of the father to remind his child about the benefits of going to bed early. If he ignores the child’s action of going to bed late, then the child will make it a habit which will in turn cause deteriorating effects on his health. From this simple yet powerful example we can gauge the result of ignoring negative actions.

Moreover, the teaching method recommended in the prompt can never be applied in the academic domain. For example, during scrutinizing the exam scripts of the students, if a teacher decides to only reward the student for his correct answers and neglect his wrong answers, then the whole examination process would be pointless. A survey report shows that if students are marked down for their mistakes, then their future performance improves at a much faster rate than when their mistakes are not graded down. This clearly shows the importance of pointing out mistakes during a learning process.

However, the given recommendation is quite suitable for learners who are low in self-confidence or are going through some emotional struggles. In such cases, the only way to motivate them is to praise them for their efforts and neglect any unsuccessful attempts. If someone tries to be to exacting in their teaching methods then such students or learners might become disaffected. This will not only slow down their learning process but it might also produce long term harmful effects.

In light of the above discussion, we can conclude that although in some cases it might be necessary to take the approach of teaching described in the prompt, it is usually not the correct method.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 277, Rule ID: MUCH_COUNTABLE[1]
Message: Use 'many' with countable nouns.
Suggestion: many
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Line 3, column 230, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “As” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
... learn from their mistakes or failures. As human beings we learn from the cradle t...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, moreover, so, then, well, while, for example, in some cases

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.5258426966 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 14.8657303371 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.3162921348 80% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 39.0 33.0505617978 118% => OK
Preposition: 55.0 58.6224719101 94% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 12.9106741573 46% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1999.0 2235.4752809 89% => OK
No of words: 409.0 442.535393258 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.88753056235 5.05705443957 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.49708221141 4.55969084622 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.62952268674 2.79657885939 94% => OK
Unique words: 207.0 215.323595506 96% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.506112469438 0.4932671777 103% => OK
syllable_count: 602.1 704.065955056 86% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.5998903507 60.3974514979 75% => OK
Chars per sentence: 99.95 118.986275619 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.45 23.4991977007 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.15 5.21951772744 80% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 10.2758426966 49% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 5.13820224719 195% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.121986711577 0.243740707755 50% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0398147416144 0.0831039109588 48% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0538312347082 0.0758088955206 71% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0607255648872 0.150359130593 40% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0411127574811 0.0667264976115 62% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.8 14.1392134831 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 48.8420337079 122% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 12.1743820225 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.08 12.1639044944 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.3 8.38706741573 99% => OK
difficult_words: 95.0 100.480337079 95% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 11.8971910112 63% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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