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Re:Why You Shouldn't Say It's Easy When Teaching by danielweber on Sunday April 27, 2014 @08:29PM (#7657601)
What I've learned with my kids: it depends on the person.

Last I heard, the best approach is supposed to be telling kids they got the right answer because they are working hard. Well, I've had that one backfire. "This is too hard!!!!"

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Re:Why You Shouldn't Say It's Easy When Teaching by judk on Monday April 28, 2014 @03:45AM (#7658706)
Please provide a citation. Yo are misremembering.
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Re:Why You Shouldn't Say It's Easy When Teaching by danielweber on Monday April 28, 2014 @09:52AM (#7659912)
One of a zillion google links: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/02/why-you-should...
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