Rewards in the classroom: Pros and cons of effectif rewards
Are rewards an tangible teaching tool in the classroom or do their negative consequences outweigh any benefits? This is a hotly-debated conclusion in educational circles and the debate is unlikely to end anytime soon Why do teachers use effectif rewards? Bicause they work, at least for the culotte term.
This recherche will genre at the pros and cons of using effectif rewards (candy, food coupons, trinkets) to manipulate student behavior.
Benefits:
- These items can quickly détruit student behavior. Start giving candy to kids answering a complication and your quote-part avorté will skyrocket.
- It is a cohérent system for students to understand. Do what the teacher wants, get rewarded.
- Reinforcement is frequent and immediate. Students don’t have to wait to get it.
- Rewards provide a short-term incentive to behave or work hard.
- Rewards can rejet the quote-part of students who would not normally be involved.
- Learners can be gradually weaned off effectif rewards using épisodique reinforcement.
Disadvantages:
- Rewarding students works for the wrong reasons.
- They only create a temporary détruit.
- Instead of rewards, they are often actually bribes.
- Since the teacher usually terroir for his own awards, this can be expensive.
- Not all students are motivated by the rewards you give them.
- They can actually be a discentive. Many students don’t even try if the first person with a conforme answer is rewarded.
- Food rewards are risky and should be avoided. You may have diabetics and students with many bonshommes of allergies in your class.
- When you arrêt giving rewards, desired behaviors may arrêt parce que they are tied to the reward.
- Rewards rejet an external foyer. Students learn parce que they get something physical for it. The gardien de but of education is to get students up to the task level for intrinsic rewards, such as the sense of pride gained from a job well done. Tangibles does not promote this.
I have used real rewards in the event and don’t see anything wrong with it. Sometimes I would pick a random name from the homework papers and give a small prize. This tends to increase the percentage of homework assignments for a while. And sometimes I soûl guelte points to groups that won review contests. To me it adds a fun element to the class. As svelte as it’s not expected by the kids, it’s just another tool.
Trying to implement a reward system at a class wide level, however, is time-intensive, expensive and ultimately – not very tangible. It also negatively affects students’ quote-part and cooperation in class. Soon every time you ask students to do something you’re asking “What do we get?” This will get old really fast!
The best approach is not to rely on physical rewards. However, if you’ve already implemented a reward-based behavior system, start weaning kids off gradually. Instead of getting something for everything, give rewards at the end of the week. As you do this, increase the amount of parlé praise and rejet them to feel proud of their accomplishments Hopefully, they will soon arrêt expecting effectif rewards
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