Teaching Practice Task 4: From Theory to Practice

Program link: This task is associated to the guidelines of the course EPR 3003
Mathematics for the Primary School Teacher Course learning outcomes 2 Recognize
the relationship between how children learn mathematics with the theories of learning and
their psychological impact on learning math.

Objective: You will identify teaching and learning activities that can be related to
behaviorist and constructivist theories. You will note at least ten activities (for English,
Math or Science) that the teacher or you used. For each activity noted, identify the
theoretical perspective and evaluate the activity for engagement.

Activity observed in Theory Engagement

class

1. Explore new constructivist The students were super excited because

plants in the Multiple its an outdoor activity, so they were
school garden. intelligence enjoying looking to the plants in details and
(Naturalist integrated into the information I gave them
Intelligence) about plants and discuss together, which
by: Dr. Howard make it easier to establish the informations
Gardner. in their minds.
2. Peers and group constructivist It was efficient and the students were
work Social learning always interact more in collaborative
by: Lev Vygotsky activities because it give them the
opportunity to develop their
communication skills, promotes
thinking and develops reasoning
3. Behaviorist It was helpful and effective to get the positive required
behavior, where I Immediately praised the well behave
Praising good positive
student which really increased probability of outstanding
students reinforcement behavior occurring again.
by: B.F Skinner
4. Activating prior constructivist It was useful and help the students to strengthens the
knowledge: I connections in their brains and assist them to
brain-based represent their thinking kinesthetically, visually
introduce topics to the
learning and phonetically, so it prime their brain for
students by activating learning.
prior knowledge, to
help them build on
what they already
know.

Utilizing tools: i use

rhymes, songs and
graphic organizers
which are strategies
related to brain-based
learning.
 constructivist
Assessment for Its efficient all the time, because it help me to check
5. Ask effective learning. their comprehension, on the other hand the basketball
questions by
questioning engaged more students and develop
using different connected thinking and development of ideas. While
approaches such phone a friend strategy encourages whole-class
as: listening and participation moreover it remove stress
-basketball and builds self-esteem in low ability students.
questioning:
Move questions
and discussions
between
students.
-phone a friend:
to enable those
who cannot
answer to
participate by
allows them to a
fellow student to
suggest an answer
on their behalf, but
they still have to
provide their own
answer, perhaps
building on this.

6. It worked well with my students because

Intrinsic Behaviorist its a perfect way to motivate them in two
motivation: give intrinsic & different ways which make the learning
them gifts. extrinsic process something fun for them
motivation
Extrinsic
motivation:
make
competitions
between groups,
give them
challenge
questions and
curiosity

7. Homework Constructivist Of course it worked well since the students

before I give the metacognition know the purpose of what they are doing,
students the by:John H. Flavell moreover it aid the students outline their own
homework I learning process. For me as a teacher I should
explain what encourages my students to develop their metacognitive
should be approaches as it will help them achieve a self-sustained
and reliant method of learning.
learned from the
assignment so
they know the
goal of doing the
 HW not just busy
work. Also after
Hw is completed I
ask them how
they would do an
assessment
dealing with the
Hw so they can
assess their
knowledge on
their own by
review what they
did or practice
more.

8. Reward Behaviorist The students feel happy and excited when

My MST use operant she give them candies but she do that a
candies to reward conditioning lot. I think that she can use praising
those students who by:Skinner strategy also because the students get
are the most calm used to that and if some day she didn't
and well-behaved gave them candies they will not do well
and students who
because the thing that motivate them is not
have excellent
grades. here.

9. I use storytelling Constructivist It's very effective and useful approach.

approach in my storytelling Because whenever I say for my students
math lessons as by: McDrury and that I will say a story I get their attention
a introduction, so Alterio because they like listen to stories and it aid
I choose a story them to get the idea or the new concept
that linked to the easier and in fun way.
topic which will
give the students
an idea of the
new topic and
introduce it in fun
and engaging
way.

10. In my guided Constructivist The students were super engaged and

math lesson I student center motivated because its something new for
gave the students them but because I handled grade 1 It was
the opportunity to kind of noisy but they enjoy it because
do the activities children's in this age like to discover and
in different do things in their own without direct
centers in their instructions.
own without
instructions from
me.
11. I scaffold my LA Constructivist
students so I give scaffolding My students are familiar with this approach
them a simplified By:Jerome Bruner because it really helped them to achieve
tasks and assist the learning outcomes easily.
them until them Its an essential part of learning process.
can do it without Because there are many students who
help, then i face difficulties so we as teachers have to
gradually assist them step by step until the can do it.
increase the
difficulty.