It is true that the question of whether to reward students with excellent academic results or those showing great improvements remains a source of controversy in the education field. While a number of people believe that only students achieving the highest grades deserve rewards, I would argue that praising students who achieve improvements is much more reasonable.
On the one hand, there are a variety of reasons why awards should be given to students having excellent academic performances. Firstly, this could creat a highly competitive studying environment a school, seeing that students often desire to win prizes. As a consequence, school children could be encouraged to put their effort into studying for the highest scores. Secondly, by adopting this approach, gifted students who are outstanding could be given opportunities to nurture their abilities. My secondary school, for instance, selects students with the best results for extra classes to develop their capabilities in order to take them to national competitions.
On the other hand, I believe that giving encouragement to those who make strides in their studies results in more favourable outcomes. The first benifit is that this could give equal chances for every student to receive awards, rather than only focus on the highest achievers. Instead of feeling disappointed when competing with their top classmates, students who are recognized for their effort during semesters will feel motivated if they are rewarded for making significant progress. Another benifit is that this form of recognition follows the holistics principle of learning, which is to access the world of knowledge, not just to gain high scores. Consequently, several phenomena which occur when examinations approach, including pressure, axienty and cheating, would be reduced.
In conclusion, although rewarding students with highest scores is advantagous to some extent, it seems to me that ir is better to give encouragement to those who have improved their level of academic performance.
It is true that
the question of whether
to reward
students
with excellent academic results or those showing great improvements remains a source of controversy in the education field. While a number of
people
believe that
only
students
achieving the highest grades deserve rewards, I would argue that praising
students
who
achieve improvements is much more reasonable.
On the one hand, there are a variety of reasons why awards should be
given
to
students
having excellent academic performances.
Firstly
, this could
creat
a
highly
competitive studying environment a school, seeing that
students
often
desire to win prizes. As a consequence, school children could
be encouraged
to put their effort into studying for the highest scores.
Secondly
, by adopting this approach, gifted
students
who
are outstanding could be
given
opportunities to nurture their abilities. My secondary school,
for instance
, selects
students
with the best results for extra classes to develop their capabilities in order to take them to national competitions.
On the other hand
, I believe that giving encouragement to those
who
make
strides in their studies results in more
favourable
outcomes. The
first
benifit
is that this could give equal chances for every
student
to receive awards,
rather
than
only
focus on the highest achievers.
Instead
of feeling disappointed when competing with their top classmates,
students
who
are recognized
for their effort during semesters will feel motivated if they
are rewarded
for making significant progress. Another
benifit
is that this form of recognition follows the
holistics
principle of learning, which is to access the world of knowledge, not
just
to gain high scores.
Consequently
, several phenomena which occur when examinations approach, including pressure,
axienty
and cheating, would be
reduced
.
In conclusion
, although rewarding
students
with
highest
scores is
advantagous
to
some
extent, it seems to me that
ir
is better to give encouragement to those
who
have
improved
their level of academic performance.