Analyze whether rewards should be used to control a student's behavior or to improve the student's self-regulation and responsibility.
What will be an ideal response?
Rewards that impart information about students' mastery can increase their intrinsic motivation and sense of responsibility. For example, when a teacher congratulates or compliments a student in the class for asking good questions, the student might feel motivated to show more curiosity in learning concepts in the class. However, rewards that are used to control students' behavior are less likely to promote self-regulation and responsibility. For example, a student's learning might benefit from being selected as student of the week because he or she engaged in a number of highly productive, competent activities. However, the student likely will not benefit from being given a reward for sitting still at a desk; such a reward is an effort by the teacher to control the student, and students in heavily controlled learning environments tend to act like "pawns."
Page: 479.
You might also like to view...
Misnourishment occurs when children get enough to eat but not enough of the necessary nutrients
a. True b. False
The principal reason why children are placed into foster care is:
A. because they are orphaned and have no one else to care for them B. because they are severely disabled and required constant care and supervision C. because they are abused or neglected by their parents
Which of the following is a recommended accommodation for test administration?
a. Eliminate the use of written tests altogether. b. Give extended time to finish tests. c. Avoid giving feedback to individual students during the test. d. Give unit exams rather than frequent quizzes.
The ______ is a variable that a researcher manipulates (changes) to create experimental groups (conditions). It should affect subsequent behavior or mental processes.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).