Marzano post

In the chapter Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition the authors discuss how all types of recognition are not equal. They talk about a study that suggested external rewards are ineffective and often back fire. I have found myself over the years using fewer and fewer external rewards as they provide no real motivation. Candy as an attention grabber does not give me the student's attention any more than asking for it. Rewarding a table with "points" does not get me students working any harder than me simply roaming the room.