EDUC 230 Chapter .: What do We Mean by "Teaching" and "Learning" - Wk 2 Reading Summary
16 Sep 2015
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High school students ill-equipped for university reading/writing standards. Week 2 reading summary: might not be school"s fault could be from parents" inability to set limits/goals for kids, multiculturalism could have effect. High standards never existed; standards have stayed same since c19th. Standard teaching scheme doesn"t work for all. Large reward = good performance (in motor skills) Large reward good performance (in cognitive skills) In rudimentary cognitive skills, big rewards only cause poor performance: due to the reason or motivation behind the purpose of the performance, higher incentive, worst performance; low or medium incentive, same level of performance. Cognitive tasks are harder; rewards is wrong motives, thus declining performance. Autonomy often creates good performance: often means people do things in ways that are interesting to them; there"s pleasure in work. When pro t is the motive, performance decrease but when internal purpose is the main goal (to feel better, self-enjoyment, etc.
