CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

LEARNING THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Miss Gealone attended an emergency meeting so her student teacher, Miss Joanna, took over. The students were very noisy and some groups were quarreling. Miss Joanna talked to them and called their attention but they did not listen. She could no longer control the whole class. According to operant conditioning, what should have been done by Miss Joanna?
A
Turn off the lights, as well as, the electric fans.
B
Take away “good behavior” tokens that can be redeemed for prizes.
C
Warn them. If they still continue their behavior, give them a test in order for them to stop.
D
Get their attention by telling a story and relate it to the topic to be discussed for that day.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Behaviorism learning theory. Teachers use behaviorism to show students how they should react and respond to certain stimuli. This needs to be done in a repetitive way, to regularly remind students what behavior a teacher is looking for.

Detailed explanation-2: -Constructivism is split into two main camps: radical and social. The first form radical (or cognitive) constructivism proposes that the process of constructing knowledge is dependent on the individual’s subjective interpretation of their active experience.

Detailed explanation-3: - When one wants children to develop positive attitude toward life and life] problems, the approach in curriculum planning that is most appropriate is Problem-centered approach.

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