low levels of behavior specific praise were similarly observed in Sutherland, Wehby, and Yoder’s(2002) assessment of teacher behavior. Interestingly, Burnett’s(2002) finding that general praise was not predictive of a positive classroom environment or having a positive relationship with a teacher raises further questions about the impact of general praise. The relatively low utilization of ability and effort feedback(12%in total) was on par with the utilization of negative statements(11%) with both types of feedback on average being used once per student per five-hour academic day.