In the article Warning: Praise Can Be Dangerous, Dweck's goal was to explain that praising students has a huge impact on their performance and their thinking. Dweck studied fifth grade students and the effects of different messages spoken to them after a test. There were three responses: praise for intelligence, praise for effort, and praise for performance (with no explanation as to why the students were successful). He described that understanding how praise works could lead teachers to set their students on the right path. According to Carol, the self-esteem movement has not produced positive results, but rather has limited student achievement. Key Topics: • Achievements of students who received praise for intelligence • Achievements of students who received praise for effort • Dweck's suggestion on what students should say in order to generate the best results. Results of students who received praise for intelligence: Students in this category performed poorly after receiving praise. When they were later asked whether they wanted to tackle the same level of problems or try more challenging ones, they chose the task that would allow them to appear smart and do well. Therefore, as we tell a child how smart he is, we are sending a message not to take risks and to simply look the part. Subsequently, these children were given a difficult task, which they performed poorly, and they knew that they no longer liked the problems and did not want to practice them at home. The children also felt “stupid” and when given the initial task (in which they performed well), they performed significantly worse. Finally, their views on intelligence reflected that it was an innate ability, as if it were not possible to improve. Results of students who received... half of paper... notes how influential people are in a child's life. their education. Insufficient praise will distort the child's view of learning, and he or she may feel "stupid" every time he or she answers a question incorrectly. In comparison, adequate praise will make children understand that a wrong response is normal during the learning process. As a future educator, I will take the information I have gained from both Dweck and Bayat and apply it to my classroom. My goal will be to ensure that all students have a general understanding of hard work and to praise them when they demonstrate their efforts. Works Cited Bayat, M. “Clarifying Issues Related to the Use of Praise with Young Children.” Topics in Early Childhood Special Education 31.2 (2011): 121-28. SAGE Journals. Network. April 15, 2014.Dweck, Carol. “Caution: Praise can be dangerous.” American Federation of Teachers. Spr 1999. 4-9.