Editing Progressive education (section)

===Comparison with traditional education===
{{Main|Traditional education}}

Traditional education uses extrinsic motivation, such as grades and prizes. Progressive education is more likely to use intrinsic motivation, basing activities on the interests of the child. Praise may be discouraged as a motivator.<ref name="Kohn1999">{{cite book|author=Alfie Kohn|title=Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes|url=https://archive.org/details/punishedbyreward00kohn_0|url-access=registration|access-date=8 June 2013|date=30 September 1999|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=978-0-547-52615-7}}</ref><ref name="Montessori2006">{{cite book|author=Maria Montessori|title=The Montessori Method|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2l-xJQDziqcC&pg=PR7|access-date=8 June 2013|date=1 September 2006|publisher=Cosimo, Inc.|isbn=978-1-59605-943-6|page=21}}</ref> Progressive education is a response to traditional methods of teaching. It is defined as an educational movement which gives more value to experience than formal learning. It is based more on experiential learning that concentrate on the development of a child's talents.<ref name="ThoughtCo"/>