The use of implicit praise in the classroom
Frank, Tenille
Sharpley (1985) showed that the use of implicit praise for a behaviour that had previously been praised directly would have extinction effects. To replicate this, the order of the praise given (direct or implicit) was varied, with three groups within a classroom of twenty-seven children aged 7-8 years. Results do not support Sharpley (1985), however, a statistically significant increase (p < 0.05) in academic performance was produced through t...