Presence, Not Praise:
I found this article's argument very interesting because at first glance it goes against all logic. It doesn't seem to make sense that praising children for their accomplishments would decrease their motivation in the future. But, upon reading the article, the idea that the effort and work put into getting to an accomplishment should be encouraged more makes sense, After all, it is so common to be rewarded for showing your work on math problems, but very often this doesn't get expanded to other fields.
This article has an underlying belief that I wouldn't be surprised to find out comes directly from the study listed in the previous article I read. The idea is once again that it is important in education to praise effort rather than result. I think this article does a great job of taking this belief and expanding upon it, not just for the specific topic (reading), but also as a general strategy. The article mentions specifically how it is important to focus the praise in relation to the subject rather than the critic. In this way the subject (student) is more encouraged to do these thing because of his own wants rather than just trying to please a teacher who won't always be with him.
