For this week, I am going to talk about a strategy that I learned about. According to Dr. Michael Orey in a video I watched, the behaviorist theory involves either reinforcing a desired behavior or punishing a negative behavior. One way that this could be incorporated in a classroom is to use an online tutorial. A tutorial is a program on a computer that gives a small piece of information and asks you a question (usually multiple choice). If you get the answer correct, you get rewarded with a screen that says either "Correct!" or "You're right!" or some other positively reinforcing statement. If you are wrong, you get a screen that pretty much states the opposite. My district requires staff to do training for things like fire safety and communicable diseases by using tutorials. I would love to find some tutorials to reinforce learning topics for my students. I think that they would get a lot out of them.
References:
Orey, M. (2009) "Behaviorist Learning Theory." (video resource)
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Katie,
ReplyDeleteI think that there are lots of resources out there that do give immediate feedback on a right or wrong response. One that students at my school use is ipass (which works on math skills individualized for each student). At the elementary school my daughters go to they use a program called Successmaker for both Math and Language Arts. Those might be some places to start!
I use Discovery Learning in my classroom where there are many vidoes, pictures, quizzes, and writing prompts available for you to use in the classroom. Some of the videos have quizzes or worksheets that go with them or you can create your own quiz to go along with a video. This is a great resource and can act as a tutorial for your students. Online tutorials certainly are a great resource for students to use and the quizzes can help reinforce their learning.
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