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A cover story in Scholastic Instructor magazine asks whether kids today are "overpraised". The concern is that by focusing on se

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问题 A cover story in Scholastic Instructor magazine asks whether kids today are "overpraised". The concern is that by focusing on self-esteem and confidence building, parents and teachers may be giving real goals and achievement little attention. The article cites a recent study in which eighth graders in Korea and the United States were asked whether they were good at math. Among the American students, 39 percent said they were excellent at math, compared to just 6 percent of the Korean eighth graders. But the reality was somewhat different. The Korean kids scored far better in math than the overconfident American students.
　　The opinion that you can praise a kid too much is heresy to parents and teachers who have long believed that building self-esteem should be the base of education. If kids believe in themselves, the thinking goes that achievement will naturally follow. But confidence doesn’t always produce better students.
　　"Self-esteem is based on real accomplishments," Robert Brooks, psychologist at Harvard Medical School, told the magazine. "It’s all about letting kids shine in a realistic way."
　　The disadvantage of too much praise is that kids may start to focus on the reward rather than what they are learning. Worse, failure can be damaging and confusing for a student whose confidence is not based on his or her actual abilities. This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t praise our kids or that teachers shouldn’t try to develop self-confidence. But self-esteem should be the result of good grades and achievement, not false accomplishments.
　　Last month, Cognitive Daily reported that parents and teachers should be specific rather than general when they provide praise. An example of general praise is telling a child, "You’re smart." Specific praise would be to say, "You did great on your math test." Kids who receive general praise about their abilities are more likely to exhibit "helpless" behavior when they meet problems with learning, compared with kids who receive specific praise about their achievement on a task.
What is the best title for this passage?
选项 A、Are Kids Over-praised?
B、A Cover Story
C、Kids are Over-confident
D、Don’t Praise Kids Anymore
答案A
解析 主旨大意题。作者在文中围绕“现在对孩子是否过度表扬”这一话题，介绍了最近的研究成果、心理学家的观点等，故选A。
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