Teachers can help students build their capacity to stay on task by ensuring that they have a clear path to start working, reasons to continue, and support when they lose focus.

The study found that when middle school teachers praised students at least as often as they reprimanded them, class-wide on-task behavior improved by 60–70%. Students speaking out of turn, texting, ...

Praising students as opposed to reprimanding them in the classroom can help teachers see improved focus and behavior, according to new research Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at ...