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October 2012 • Volume 16 • Number 2 • Pages 32-33

Treat a Student ... Score One for Goether

Doris E. Dempsey

Article Description: Praising young adolescents for doing the right thing is more effective than punishing them for doing the wrong thing. By always looking for—and recognizing—the good in middle grades students, you motivate them to be "as they can and should be." Here are some simple strategies for accentuating the positive.

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Doris E. Dempsey, a former middle school teacher, is an education consultant and author of Classroom Discipline Made Easy: A System That Works for The Inner City or Any City. E-mail: dekconsult@gmail.com
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