1. What is this passage mainly talking about?
2. What have been told to be important to a child's success in life?
3. What sort of kids did better on test?
4. Child experts are now learning that too much can lead to the effect. Praise-holic kids who expect it may become teens who seek to same kind of from friends when asked if they want to go in the backseat of the car.
5. The of saying "You are the prettiest girl in class," or talking about the goals she succeeded but not her effort, is that you love her only when she looks the best, or the most. And this to the classroom.
6. "Praising or abilities makes a promise that success will come to you because you have that , and it devalues effort, so children are afraid to take on , "says Dweck, now at Stanford University.
Background Information 背景信息
贊揚孩子作為一種良好的教育手段,近十年來已被家長所廣泛認(rèn)同和運用。然而,如何贊揚,看似簡單易行,其實包含著很多的學(xué)問。據(jù)調(diào)查研究,最低劣有害的贊揚有以下幾種:
嘖嘖!你這書包是名牌?。ㄙ潛P物品,只會讓孩子滋長虛榮心。)
啊!你拿了全班第一,頂呱呱!(分?jǐn)?shù)最高的,未必就是最優(yōu)秀的。)
你真聰明?。斆魇窍忍斓?,并非一種技能。如此贊揚很容易誤導(dǎo)孩子變得懶惰。)
你長的真漂亮?。ㄆ潦歉改杆n,非孩子之功。這是最為低劣的贊揚,它容易使孩子陷入自賞自憐、沉溺無為的境地。)
Words & Phrases 詞匯與短語
Words
devalue 貶值,減值
implication 含義,暗示
over-praise 過度稱贊,過獎
self-respect 自尊,自重
Phrases
be more likely to 更可能
carry over… 繼續(xù),延期至……
overall effort 全部的努力
praised for… 因……被表揚
take on承擔(dān),呈現(xiàn)