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		hashkb on Aug 5, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Praise for Intelligence Can Undermine Children's M... You're praising effective practicing habits. You can praise learning from mistakes. That's great. I always took "A for effort" to be extremely patronizing because I was trying to do the thing right.

gohrt on Aug 5, 2016 [–]

The problem is the "A", not the "A for effort". "A for results" just highlights an arbitrary bar that is likely too low or too high.

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