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Subject: Facilitating Learner-Educ. 2 Teacher: Mdm. Jean M. Cavalida Date: Mar. 11, 2021
Type of Activity:
Drawing out ⎕ Concept Notes ⎕ Laboratory ⎕ Individual ⎕ Quiz ⎕ Formative ⎕ Summative
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MODULE 5: Focus on Learning (Behaviorist Perspective)
Topic 1- Classical Conditioning by Ivan Pavlov
Topic 2- Operant Conditioning by B. F. Skinner
Learning Outcomes : At the end of the course, students will be able to:
1. explain the basic principles of behaviorism;
2. describe the primary laws of learning;
3. determine how to use rewards in the learning process more effectively.
Reference(s) : Lucas, M. R. D. & Corpuz, B. B.,(2017). Facilitating Learning: A metacognitive
process. LORIMAR Publishing Inc.
Concept/Digest : ( Read and study the concept, you can even add more
information. Just search in the Google Website for each topic)
The theory of behaviorism focuses on the study of observable and measurable behavior. It emphasizes that
behavior is mostly learned through conditioning and reinforcement (rewards and punishment). It does not give
much attention to the mind and the possibility of processes occurring in the mind. Contributions in the
development of the behaviorist theory largely came from Pavlov, Watson, Thorndike and Skinner.
ACTIVITY Focus activity: “My Unforgettable Experience!”
Instructions:
1. Think of a teacher that’s most unforgettable to you in elementary or high school.
2. Are there things that when you encounter at present ( see, hear, touch, smell) makes you ‘go back to the
past’ and recall this teacher? What are these things? _______________________________________
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3. What kinds of rewards and punishment did she/he apply in your class? For what student behaviors were
the rewards and punishment for?
Student Behavior Reward/Punishment
ANALYSIS
Processing:
1. What makes this teacher unforgettable for you? _____________________________________
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2. Why do your answers in no. 1 make you recall this teacher? Describe the connections these things
have on your past teacher.
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3. Were the rewards and punishments given effective? Please elaborate._______________________
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ABSTRACTION
Ivan Pavlov- is a Russian physiologist is well-known for his work in classical conditioning or stimulus
substitution.
Burrhus Frederick Skinner- believed on learning through consequences, focus on the consequences of a
response. If the consequences are rewarding the response will be repeated and will
increase in strength. The act /response is regulated because of the reward.
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Eduard Thorndike- learning has taken place when a strong connection or bond between stimulus and
response is formed. He came up w/ his Three Primary Laws:
1. Law of Effect- connection bet. a stimulus and response is strengthened when the consequence is positive
(reward). performance.
2. Law of Exercise- the more S-R bond is practiced the stronger it will become.“ Practice makes perfect”- but
should be provided w/ feedback , it is necessary to enhance performance.
3. Law of Readiness- the more readiness the learner has to respond to the stimulus, the stronger will be the
bond bet. them.
- Three Secondary Laws
4. Law of Primacy- states that learners retain information they learn for the first time longer than they retain
information they must relearn. If a subject is incorrectly taught, it must be corrected. It is
more difficult not to teach it correctly in the first time.
5. Law of Intensity- stresses the idea that a real, vivid and exciting experience teaches more than a routine or
boring experience. Teachers should employ strategies that will intensify the learning of
students like demonstrations, skits, models, videotapes charts and the like.
6. Law of Recency- states that lessons most recently learned will be best remembered. The more recent the
activities or exercises the more effective the performance.
Applications:
1. Learning requires both practice and rewards (laws of effect and rewards)
2. A series of stimulus- response connections can be chained together if they belong to the same action
sequence (law of readiness)
3. Behavior that is positively reinforced will reoccur and occasional reinforcement is particularly
effective.
4. Ensure that good performance in the lesson is paired with secondary reinforcers such as verbal
praise, prizes and good grades.
5. Transfer of learning occurs because of previously encountered situations.
APPLICATION
This activity will give you the opportunity to share your insights about classical and operant conditionings.
Present your learning in five (5) phrases only.
1._______________________
2. _______________________
3.________________________
4. ________________________
5. ________________________
Output will be submitted on March 14, 2021 (Sunday)
Date & Schedule of Classes: March 11, 2021 (Thurs.- 8:00- 9:30 and 9:30-11:00 AM)
Teacher: Mdm. Jean M. Cavalida, MAGC, MSP, RGC
CEDAS, Teacher
TAKE NOTE: Tasks to be submitted are only in the part of “Activity, Analysis and Application”
Do not include the other part
