Process praise
What Process praise means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Praise that is effort-based, and a higher proportion of it significantly predicted children developing an incremental motivational framework.
Praise for effort and method, which tends to encourage a growth mindset.
Praise that focuses on the effort and strategy used to complete a task (e.g., 'You worked so hard').
Topics that use Process praise
- Development (AQA GCSE)
- Development (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Topic 1: Development - 1.2 Studies (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Accommodation
- Assimilation
- Fixed mindset
- Growth mindset
- Schema
- Active, discovery-based learning
- Application of developmental stages to education
- Application to examples of behaviour
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