Praise is a powerful tool that educators can use to improve learners’ behavior and attitude toward learning. It should be used correctly to be effective enough to change the overall behavior to make them do better.

We look at the different types of praise that educators can use to effectively apply them the right way.

Benefits Of Praise

Research shows that educators do not use it nearly enough, and it is underused by learners.

It is also found that educators who use praise as behavior management tools have better relationships with their learners.

What Types Of Praises There Are

There are three major types of praises that educators often use to help manage the behavior of learners. Of these three, two are more effective.

Personal Praise: when a learner’s unique characteristic is praised, such as saying a child has a beautiful voice. This may seem like a suitable method, but it may have adverse results on the child who may think they are not as good as you think.

This may cause them to become less willing to try new things because they are not confident in their skills and abilities.

Praise Their Efforts: effort-based praise may positively affect the child where the teacher will praise the hard work they put in. You must use this type of praise to show the learner that their hard work has been noticed.

Using the example a learner with a beautiful voice, it will be better to show the learner that you are impressed with the effort and hard work they put into learning the notes and song.

Behavior Praise: When you tell a learner that you are proud of how they did something and show them they did the right thing. For instance, tell the learner that you are proud of them for taking their homework out before being told to do so.

How To Apply It Effectively

• Be specific to why you are praising the learner, so they will know precisely what they are praised for
• The expectations of the teacher for the learner must be clear so the learner will know what to do
• Use praise for all the steps, from the beginning and the process to the outcome of what they are praised for

Concluding Thoughts

As you can see, praise used at the right time and with the right attitude will positively affect the learner. It is a good thing when educators use various behavior management tools to improve overall relationships.