Joanne Jacobs
Rewarding good behavior works -- but what about the love of learning?
Awarding "points" for good classroom behavior improves behavior -- without destroying intrinsic motivation, writes Emily Oster on her...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 2, 2023
- 2 min
Goofus and Gallant break the bad-good binary
My sister and I shared a subscription to Highlights Magazine. I always checked out the two-panel comic strip to marvel at Goofus'...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 18, 2023
- 2 min
School of bullies
Sometimes students misbehave -- not because their needs haven't been met or their teachers aren't sufficiently sensitive to their culture...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 18, 2022
- 1 min
Group care doesn't lead to behavior problems, say new study
Kids who've spent a lot of time in child care tend to act up years later, studies have shown. But newer research concludes that's not so:...
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