24. The best way to teach is to praise positive actions and ignore negative ones.

24. The best way to teach is to praise positive actions and ignore negative ones.


Define: positive actions, negative ones
- Ex: correct versus wrong answers?
- Ex: good versus bad behavior?

Agree:
- By praising the positive actions, the teacher is showing the student what is approved.
- Some children act badly to call attention to themselves. Thus, ignoring is at times the best action.

Disagree:
- There is no "best way" to teach.
- "Failure is the stepping stone of success."
   - By making their own mistakes and then being taught the correct way, students can learn from their mistakes.
- Without correction, a student may assume his or her bad behavior is acceptable.