Don’t Want to Focus on Rules and Rewards? Focus on What You Want (Objectives)

In a previous post,  we refreshed the topic of “internal” vs. “external” motivators and how they affect children’s learning and thinking process. There is plenty of research, from Ackerly and other experts, saying reward systems are not the way to go if you want self-regulated,(calculated) risk takers, and problem solving thinkers. This applies to home [...]