Well.....My third method is complete and my excitement is oozing out of every part of me. I have found a complete increase in student attitudes towards learning!
What an experiment is has been. Not only have students attitudes changed towards learning but they are more excited in their daily work. I must say that one of the greatest parts of the experiement was watching their faces light up when they received an awards or heard me tell their parents what a wonderful job they are doing. Anna was the greatest to watch.
Anna is one that just wants to be loved. She is a student who has the whole list of emotional issues ranging from foster to care to abuse. She is precious and was part of my focus group. It was the first time I gave her an award for math. Anna and her partner had worked wonderfully together in the math lesson. Her awards was for being a great math partner. When I handed her the award, her face was just amazing. She lit up like a child who walked into a room at Christmas that was filled with everything she had ever wanted.
Then there was Dustin's mother. When I speak with her in the car riders line to tell her about the wonderful things that Dustin had done that day, she was very excited. It was almost as she though she had never been told by the teacher what a wonderful job he had been doing in the classroom. I must say that it has changed my relationship with his mother. It started out being very rocky to being solid in a positive light.
What a great project this has been. I must say that this is going to continue is my classroom from now on. It is also going to be present in my room in the future.
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