This quote summarizes the article very well. "The latest research shows the wisdom of old-fashioned methods: Rote learning, plenty of failure and stingy praise encourage students to work harderand achieve more." It seems the teacher that pushed us the most, and was strict really helped us learn the most.
Here are her eight points.
1. A little pain is good for you. Practice makes perfect. Sometimes you have to do things out of your comfort zone to learn and grow as a person.
2. Drill, baby, drill. Now we have the common core where sometimes only one problem is discussed in a 45 minute math class. But doing many problems over and over helps keep them in our memory.
3. Failure is an option. Sometimes the problems need to be tough. Showing that failure just means trying again. It means working harder. It means re writing the paper.
4. Strict is better than nice. Joanne brings up a fourth-grader's quote to explain this. "When I was in first grade, and second grade and third grade, when I cried my teachers coddled me. When I got to Mrs. T's room, she told me to suck it up and get to wrok. I think she's right. I need to work harder."
5. Creativity can be learned. You really need to learn the material before you can be creative with it.
6. Grit trumps talent. Grit is defined as passion and perseverance for long-term goals. Grit is what can determine success. They also noted that students who had teachers who were optimist had made great academic gains.
7. Praise makes you weak... If you tell a student, 'not bad, or 'you are a good worker' encourages a student to keep working hard.
8. ...while stress makes you strong. Good teachers have at their core the belief, the faith really intheir student's ability to do better.
Students reflected that great teachers taught them:
discipline
self-motivation
resilience
how to fail and how to pick yourself up again
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