October 22nd, 2024
- #2tweet 3 kinds of positive feedback:
🎉 celebration: delighting together in something the learner already sees as a success
🙏 appreciation: reflecting that something landed well for you (whether a favour or "I like that drawing")
💯 praise: a claim that something is objectively good- 3 kinds of positive feedback:
🎉 celebration: delighting together in something the learner already sees as a success
🙏 appreciation: reflecting that something landed well for you (whether a favour or "I like that drawing")
💯 praise: a claim that something is objectively good- I want to get at something that is weird/bs about the moral authority aspects of praise, but this doesn't quite do it
- and meanwhile Claude offers a third useful kind of thing:
- 💯 Praise: Highlighting specific achievements or qualities
- Key aspect: Naming concrete strengths or progress
- Example: "The way you broke down that complex problem shows strong analytical thinking"
- here's its paraphrase of what I'm trying to get at tho
- > Joining in someone's own process/excitement/pride (celebration)
- > Expressing genuine personal response (appreciation)
- > Trying to shape behavior through approval (praise/evaluation)
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