Alfie Kohn

from completing assignments. Many students no longer want to learn because of how much work is assigned for home. Students should be encouraged to learn, not pounded with homework. In addition, based on the article “The Truth About Homework,” by Alfie Kohn, an abundance of practice helps students remember the answer, but does not get students accustomed to thinking about the topic. Homework helps memorization, but doesn’t benefit or teach students the actual topic. Many students cram for tests…

assignments. I usually always write analysis papers as a supporter of the stance presented by the author. This is mostly due to laziness. So, I decided I would switch up my stance and argue against the author. For example, I chose to disagree against Alfie Kohn in his article “‘Well Duh!’- Ten Obvious Truths We Shouldn’t Be Ignoring.” Furthermore, my professor provided useful essay words and phrases for an argumentative styled essay. This, in turn, allowed me to utilize the logic within an…

Four and a half hours. 6 Saturdays a year. Calculators and number two pencils. Over 1.5 million juniors and seniors across the world endure the dreaded SAT. Students don’t take this test to impress themselves or their parents, but to attempt to convince colleges that they are at an academic level where they can successfully learn at that school. One of the most the most stressful tests a scholar can take, the SAT brings back memories of anxiety for many adults. The American Psychological…

“The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give” said Howard Cosell. Competition may not result in winning, but the accomplishment of one's inner goal. Competition aids the mindset to succeed which helps to set a path to direct people. Although many people disagree with competition, in reality competition leads to success, teaches individuals to evolve and connect…

of the push against speech codes is from organizations and individuals who also deride multicultural education and oppose affirmative action. They often trivialize or simply ignore the realities that prompted talk of such codes in the first place. (Alfie…

These symptoms are associated with lower IQ. Research conducted by Alfie Kohn (2001) suggests that reward does not develop continued performance of a rewarded behaviour or help one develop a continued interest in a particular activity E why I choose this topic Because reward and punishment is very common nowadays. The misuse…

Imagine a young child sitting in class about to take a standardized test. They sit there clutching your Number 2 pencil, trying to steady the shaking of their hands. This test could completely change their future occupation or where you attend college. They aren’t the valedictorian of their class, but they get pretty good grades, except when it comes to tests. They’ve never been a good test taker, and the stress always gets to them. While it is true that, that students may learn the material…

who are doing their research are able to see past this bandwagon-type behavior. Alfie Kohn is an American author and lecturer who speaks and explores various areas in the topics of education, parenting, and human behavior. He makes the comment of how “[s]tandardized testing has swelled and mutated, like a creature in one of those old horror movies, to the point that it now threatens to swallow our schools whole”(Kohn). No longer are these tests used for the comparing of students to one another…

abolished and start leaning to a student based assessment sheet. The student based assessment sheet is the teacher’s comments on how the student is progressing in the class, based on the student’s skills in each area. Long goes on when she quoted this from Kohn, “That’s why the best teachers and schools replace grades (and grade-like reports) with narrative reports – qualitative accounts of student performance – or, better yet, conferences with students and parents.” (Long). Long, quotes this…

their mental and physical health. Homework does not help students academically. Firstmost, assigning homework has no direct correlation to higher tests score and understanding of the material; homework could be considered busy work. According to Alfie Kohn, in his…