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Psychology Applied to Teaching
, Tenth Edition
Jack Snowman, Southern Illinois University
Robert Biehler
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Chapter 7: Behavioral and Social Learning Theories
- What are some ways that you can use reinforcement in your
classroom to increase learning? How can you determine which reinforcers
are most effective for your students?
- Some teachers set up token economies in their classrooms.
What do you see as the potential limitations and benefits of this approach?
How can you set up such a system to ensure its effectiveness? What are the
alternatives to using such a system?
- What value does Bandura's social learning theory have
for you as a teacher? In what ways can you make use of modeling and vicarious
reinforcement in your classroom? When would you use these approaches instead
of operant conditioning?
- How will you know when a student has a low sense of self-efficacy
for class-related tasks? What steps can you take as a teacher to address
low self-efficacy in students?
- What are the aspects of teaching for which you have a
high sense of self-efficacy? What are the aspects of teaching for which
you have a low sense of self-efficacy? Why is this the case?
- What practical uses can technology have in applying behavioral
learning theories in the classroom? What are some limitations of using technology
as the primary source of classroom instruction?
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