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nyan_sandwich comments on How to Teach Students to Not Guess the Teacher’s Password? - Less Wrong Discussion

24 Post author: Petruchio 04 January 2013 03:18PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 05 January 2013 02:23:01AM 0 points [-]

The tricky part here is not to shame them too much; otherwise, they might stop answering questions at all.

Yes, very tricky balance. With people in as fragile a situation as students, even explicitly calling them out at all might be too much. That's why I meant that the unreward should come from within the student.

Maybe it's just a matter of not rewarding it. I don't know.

It's much easier with adults. At least with adults they will sometimes tell you what they are thinking.