This opinion-editorial looks at how parents and educators can increase the level of a child's confidence in his/ her learning abilities, leading to higher motivation, and thus, positive learning outcomes. The three steps are: setting appropriate goals, giving immediate feedback and enabling the learners to observe others doing similar tasks.
Cultivating self-confidence in students, TODAY, July 1, 2014
This article by Duke-NUS Dean, Professor Ranga Krishnan, is part of an on-going series of commentaries in TODAY on approaches to learning that started in 2013. Follow the series here.
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