If you're one of those people, maybe you should give yourself a little break. Or maybe it's the opposite, and someone is as ...

Alfie Kohn, an outspoken author who writes about the negative effects of standardized testing, said he hopes parents attending that speech, at 7 p.m. at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union ...

Amabile, T. M. "Comment on: 'Why Incentive Plans Cannot Work' by Alfie Kohn." Harvard Business Review 71, no. 6 (November–December 1993): 42–43.

It's good when kids are absorbed by something they're doing. It's better—and more likely to be intellectually beneficial—when what they're doing is driven by their curiosity.

That means putting ourselves in their shoes, not just hearing their words. “To be a great parent is more a function of listening than of explaining,” says Alfie Kohn, author of Unconditional Parenting ...

Motivation: Attitude, Self-Awareness, Passion, Humor. Alfie Kohn, in this book Punished By Rewards, states people are motivated by three things, 1) Collaboration, to be a part of the decision ...

Progressive assessment’s posterboy, Alfie Kohn, argues there are nine major flaws with grades in his 1999 essay, From Degrading to De-Grading. The American author and lecturer claims “grades ...

Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn: Challenge conventional thinking on motivation and rewards in the workplace, offering CFOs alternative perspectives on fostering engagement and productivity.

What is the argument against praising kids? Created with Sketch. Education critics like Alfie Kohn argue that it’s a bad idea to praise children, no matter how good the intention. They view all ...