CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

COGNITIVE THEORIES

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Your students will undoubtedly know a great many things and will not be able to show you everything they know. According to social cognitive theorists, your students will be most likely to show you:
A
things they have learned at a concrete rather than abstract level
B
things they are especially excited about
C
things they think they will be reinforced for demonstrating
D
things they learned recently rather than a long time ago
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Should students ever be allowed to fail at classroom tasks? According to social cognitive theorists, the answer is: Yes. Occasional failures interspersed among frequent successes teach students that perseverance pays off.

Detailed explanation-2: –Social-cognitive theorists believe we learn many of our behaviors either through conditioning or by observing and imitating others.-They also emphasize the importance of mental processes: What we think about a situation affects our resulting behavior.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is Standards based education? The Standards define what students should know and be able to do at each level. The Standards can be used as a reference point for planning teaching and learning programs, and for assessing student progress.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which one of the following statements best illustrates social cognitive theorists’ notion of reciprocal causation? The environment affects students’ behavior, but their behavior also affects the environment they experience.

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