Behaviorism

What?
It was interesting to complete the activity in class in deciding the differences between the behaviors of the students. I have never taken an approach toward behaviorism like that. I found it helpful to break it down and analyze the different cases. As i read over the chapter and prepaid my study guide i found it a bit confusing to follow. But class really cleared my concerns up and made it easier to understand what the chapter was trying to teach us. The overall ideas that i got from this chapter was how to conduct ourselves with behavior problems and how to help the students with the when having a behavior problem. I also feel like this ties all in to the big picture of how behavior affects the learning process. I like how we went over the proper reinforcers in class. I can see how damaging that can be to a students education if the motivation is directed toward the wrong outcome. I like how we talked about monetary system that are used in the classroom. We need to ask ourselves what is the overall purpose and is it the best way to achieve that goal.
So what?
When dealing with behaviorism in the classroom I feel it is important to ask certain questions like, So why is it important to know how to give the proper reinforcement in our classrooms? How do we approach a behavior problem? What is the proper way to assess a behavior problem? and how do we manage our classrooms so that it promotes a proper intrinsic reward for the student? I think that all of these are proper question to ask when we are teaching. I think that the best way to accomplish these task are through proper classroom management. Through classroom management we will be able to provide a proper learning atmosphere for our students.
Now what?
I think that the best way to have good classroom management is making sure that your lessons don't contradict your classroom management. Incorporate classroom management into your lesson so that behavior problems will not occur. And if they do occur which they will address them and move on. I think that the proper reinforcers need to be given. What is the purpose of the reinforcer and how will it benefit the students learning. We need to motivate our students and give them the proper encouragement so that they will succeed.