Comments on: The effort effect: Lessons in learning through failure http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/15/achievement-goal-theory-lessons-in-learning-through-failure Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:43:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: âûâîç ñòðîèòåëüíîãî ìóñîðà http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/15/achievement-goal-theory-lessons-in-learning-through-failure/comment-page-1#comment-77512 âûâîç ñòðîèòåëüíîãî ìóñîðà Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:17:33 +0000 http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/15/achievement-goal-theory-lessons-in-learning-through-failure/#comment-77512 <strong>âûâîç ñòðîèòåëüíîãî ìóñîðà...</strong> âûâîç ñòðîèòåëüíîãî ìóñîðà... âûâîç ñòðîèòåëüíîãî ìóñîðà…

âûâîç ñòðîèòåëüíîãî ìóñîðà…

]]> By: Lia http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/15/achievement-goal-theory-lessons-in-learning-through-failure/comment-page-1#comment-33591 Lia Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:40:23 +0000 http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/15/achievement-goal-theory-lessons-in-learning-through-failure/#comment-33591 I soooo love this topic, big issue for me.. my kids are having a great time learning, they learn so much faster/better if they r having fun doing it. I know several parents who took their kids out of their class cos "not strict enough in terms of educational development", they wanted to send for more classes etc cos prepping for chinese school. ask any interviewer these days, they can tell u that so many graduates cant problem solve, if it's not in the text book. a BALANCED education. You gotta respect those who did well, did sports, did other activities. Many w.o tuition. they wondered why there's a drop in kids doing sports. no time to play also, tuition (I still get leaflets for tuition for KINDY!) all the time. When do families eat together, play together, have fun and crazy times together? dunnolah.. I soooo love this topic, big issue for me..

my kids are having a great time learning, they learn so much faster/better if they r having fun doing it. I know several parents who took their kids out of their class cos “not strict enough in terms of educational development”, they wanted to send for more classes etc cos prepping for chinese school.

ask any interviewer these days, they can tell u that so many graduates cant problem solve, if it’s not in the text book.

a BALANCED education. You gotta respect those who did well, did sports, did other activities. Many w.o tuition. they wondered why there’s a drop in kids doing sports. no time to play also, tuition (I still get leaflets for tuition for KINDY!) all the time. When do families eat together, play together, have fun and crazy times together?

dunnolah..

]]> By: YvonneO http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/15/achievement-goal-theory-lessons-in-learning-through-failure/comment-page-1#comment-33316 YvonneO Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:10:13 +0000 http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/15/achievement-goal-theory-lessons-in-learning-through-failure/#comment-33316 Oh! I totally agree that the focus on getting As without any idea why we're doing this is not a good trend. My mother is a teacher in a kindergarten and she ever so often meets with parents who want to know why their children are not getting more homework or why they can't achieve some development goal, why, why? And all this pressure is on children who have just turned 4 years old! The poor kids are made to sit still for much of the day in school and churn pages and pages of school work. Maybe this is someone's idea that the boring repetition will make the knowledge seep into the chidlren's brains. My mother is quite upset by the whole thing as she is an advocate of having fun while you learn. So her class is considered the "wild and noisy" class. While the "good ones" are glued in their seats and busy copying away. Makes me want to keep my two little ones as wild and noisy for as long as I can! Oh! I totally agree that the focus on getting As without any idea why we’re doing this is not a good trend. My mother is a teacher in a kindergarten and she ever so often meets with parents who want to know why their children are not getting more homework or why they can’t achieve some development goal, why, why? And all this pressure is on children who have just turned 4 years old!
The poor kids are made to sit still for much of the day in school and churn pages and pages of school work. Maybe this is someone’s idea that the boring repetition will make the knowledge seep into the chidlren’s brains.
My mother is quite upset by the whole thing as she is an advocate of having fun while you learn. So her class is considered the “wild and noisy” class. While the “good ones” are glued in their seats and busy copying away.
Makes me want to keep my two little ones as wild and noisy for as long as I can!

]]> By: Najah http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/15/achievement-goal-theory-lessons-in-learning-through-failure/comment-page-1#comment-32907 Najah Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:23:43 +0000 http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/15/achievement-goal-theory-lessons-in-learning-through-failure/#comment-32907 Great post! I've been agonising over I'd break out of that Asian parenting cycle, the one that uses how many A's your kids get as benchmarks - the situation is getting insane in Malaysia, with kids projected to get a gazillion A's already releasing books on how to be excellent, and it's not that different in Singapore when every other conversation I join when I meet parents of older children here is about which subjects their kids should drop or take to get the best grades to qualify for certain schools. I guess what a lot of parents forget, from their own experiences, is that exceptional grades don't necessarily make exceptional human beings. So much for the theory. Now to put this to practice.. ack! Great post! I’ve been agonising over I’d break out of that Asian parenting cycle, the one that uses how many A’s your kids get as benchmarks – the situation is getting insane in Malaysia, with kids projected to get a gazillion A’s already releasing books on how to be excellent, and it’s not that different in Singapore when every other conversation I join when I meet parents of older children here is about which subjects their kids should drop or take to get the best grades to qualify for certain schools. I guess what a lot of parents forget, from their own experiences, is that exceptional grades don’t necessarily make exceptional human beings.

So much for the theory. Now to put this to practice.. ack!

]]> By: jennemede http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/15/achievement-goal-theory-lessons-in-learning-through-failure/comment-page-1#comment-32878 jennemede Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:01:33 +0000 http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/15/achievement-goal-theory-lessons-in-learning-through-failure/#comment-32878 thanks hsian! thanks hsian!

]]> By: Hsian http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/15/achievement-goal-theory-lessons-in-learning-through-failure/comment-page-1#comment-32875 Hsian Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:39:31 +0000 http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/15/achievement-goal-theory-lessons-in-learning-through-failure/#comment-32875 http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2007/marapr/features/dweck_sidebar.html The little side bar is good too! http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2007/marapr/features/dweck_sidebar.html

The little side bar is good too!

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