Monday 23 July 2012

behavioural theory

How behaviourist theory help a teacher in learning and teaching process?

2 comments:

  1. This theory enhance the students' understanding as drilling is one of the method used in the theory. In addition, students can easily absorbed the knowledge by applying repetition.

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  2. Behavioral teaching and learning tends to focus on skills that will be used later. . Behavioral learning does not, however, generally ask you to actually put the skills or knowledge you learn into use in a "real" or "authentic" situation. That will come later when you graduate and get a job.
    The behavioral emphasis on breaking down complex tasks, such as learning to read, into subskills that are taught separately is very common in schools today. In the elementary school classroom, for example, students may spend many lessons on phonics skills such as consonant clusters, vowel digraphs, and diphthongs. Other literacy skills such as appropriate uses of the comma may also be taught in separate lessons, often by whole class lectures followed by individual drill activities.
    Types of Instruction of Behavioral Theories
    Behavioral theories support a number of different approaches to teaching. Almost all of them fall under the general category of "direct", or "teacher-centered" instruction. The approaches include tutorials, drill and practice, behavioral simulations, and programmed instruction. An approach that combines all these teaching strategies into one "system" is called an "integrated learning system" or ILS..Examples of Behavioral Theories Classroom Activities : Drills,Games,Tutorials ,Programmed Instruction,Simulations ,Graphic Organizer/ Semantic Web

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