Alfie Kohn

“According to the most recent Phi Delta Kappa poll, only one out of four Americans say students should be paid for their grades” (Flannery). As Alfie Kohn said, the bigger the reward, the bigger the damage done (Flannery). Instead of using a physical reward such as money, there should be encouragement given when a student is working hard no matter the outcome. Money cannot buy children's feelings towards themselves and what they can accomplish. While some students may argue that being paid for…

has removed competition in classrooms due to a research proving that competition is damaging to children’s self-esteem. “The evidence overwhelmingly suggests that competition is destructive, particularly, but not exclusively, for children,” said Alfie Kohn, an author and speaker whose views on the negative aspects of competition are widely followed in the field of parenting. “It’s a toxic way to raise children.” Due to competition being considered damaging, children and young adults are graded…

Grit is is being discussed in various articles, radio programs, TED Talks, and through many other avenues. Angela Duckworth, former middle school math teacher and now researcher and psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania who has popularized the term, and the researchers, and authors of and in these articles, speak about the positives and negatives of grit and why it should or should not be introduced into our school systems’ curriculums. Duckworth has seen things in her grade…

else. I didn’t have that help at home. I kinda just had to tough it out and pay attention in class. If the school grading system got abolished, students’ would have more opportunity. “Grades can only really be experienced as a reward or punishment”(Alfie Kohn). Grades only encourage competition rather than collaboration. The school grading system should be abolished because grades don’t determine your future and abolishing grades would improve students’ self esteem, and remove the achievement…

classroom management did not just come into existence; it was actually coined in by multiple theorists who have made their theories to contribute to this main idea that is now called classroom management. These theorists, including Skinner, Glasser, Kohn, Kounin, Gordon, and Canter, all have valid points that allow teachers to have an ample amount of research to use this in his or her classrooms today. (G -CITE TEXTBOOK) One famous theorist…

1. Washington, D.C: Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment (1992) Testing in American School: asking the right questions 40 (14-28) This article is regarding the no child Left Behind act that has seen huge development on standardized testing, it has also recognized that tests are being misused. Although, there has been an indication of mistakes in standardized testing, according to the policies of state and federal regards NCLB that has pressured schools to use…

related topics. Their ability to do so is tested by the limited amount of time allotted per section, and specifically in the writing section, when countless students are all supposed to create a written piece that miraculously has the same meaning. Alfie Kohn, famous author and lecturer, believes that it would be more valuable to examine the extent to which a child can use his imagination and creativity to formulate something that may actually be beneficial to…

According to education expert Alfie Kohn, “the lettered grades have been shown to be the most important thing to the student; rather than their learning of the material” (Long). The impact of letter grading is so strong that in order to maintain an A or B grade students often stray away from the more challenging work and stick with the easier assignments and classes (Long). This mindset of taking easier courses, due to maintaining a good GPA, is the result of students cheating themselves…

Students not passing test or missing multiple class days can fail the class, Alfie Kohn explains “Grades tend to reduce student preference for challenging task”he also states that they tend to reduce the quality of students thinking and they are not valid, reliable, or objective (Kohn1). Teachers should always understand the students…

face of the planet, having intervened militarily around the world more than 150 times since 1850. Within such a society, not surprisingly, the intellectual traditions that support the view that aggression is more a function of nature than nurture”(Alfie Kohn). Violence is something that can be maintained to a low level but can’t be stop completely. What is responsible for war? Some say that it’s the culture of all living beings or perhaps just simply human nature. In the movie where the leader…