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Does Praising Intelligence Improve Achievements? An ESL Case
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Akbar, Rahima; Al-Gharabally, Nada – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
Praising is considered to have a positive effect on learners' motivations. Yet, what to praise and how to praise is an issue of controversy. The present study looks at the effect of praising ESL learners' writing efforts in English as opposed to evaluating their writing abilities in order to test Dweck (2007) theory of praising intelligence or…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Intelligence, Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning