Exam 7: Behavioral Views of Learning

Samantha habitually blurted out answers to questions during class discussion.Mr.Hargrove repeatedly called Samantha by name and told her to wait her turn,but Samantha repeated her behavior day after day.Mr.Hargrove finally realized that his strategy was not working.He thought he was using a form of punishment,but his strategy turned out to be:

Ms.Cardot wants her students to enjoy math.In order to help students associate math with pleasant thoughts,she introduces new manipulatives at the math center each week to help students solve math problems.Often the manipulatives involve edible snacks.Ms.Cardot's approach is an example of:

Which of the following teachers is using cueing and prompting?

In the teachers' workroom,Mrs.White boasted that she squelched Martin's name-calling by making a video of him in the act of name-calling and sending it to his parents.Mrs.White's method is an example of:

Estefan has problems with penmanship.His fine motor skills are not well developed and Mrs.Finch believes that he will never perform well enough to gain reinforcement.Mrs.Finch breaks the task of forming letters with long stems into small steps.First,she expects Estefan to make straight stems.She will reinforce his efforts when he makes straight stems on his writing assignment.In this case,she is using:

Lily does not like conflict.When her parents argue and raise their voices,Lily feels frightened.She has seen her dad strike her mom after yelling at her.At school,Mr.Nash raises his voice and Lily begins to tremble.Lily's trembling is:

In her fifth grade classroom,Ms.Latimer has several students who don't cooperate when she tells the class to get into group formation.These students are vocal about disliking group work.Ms.Latimer told them today that they may shorten their group task time by getting into groups quickly and completing cooperative tasks according to the ten-minute schedule she has planned.Ms.Latimer is using which of the following methods to get her students to cooperate?