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Teaching Practice Task 4: From Theory to Practice

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.Joining the reward The students are engaged in this activity because they
system for the groups to Behaviorist will get points in their group's reward system chart
the activities according to their behavior during the activity.

2.This activity is creative The students were well engaged in this activity because
things, so they student it was hands-on and visual, and they will solve the
read the questions, and Constructivist questions using pictures. According to the theory,
they create the questions people construct their understanding and knowledge of
using the pictures and the world, through experiencing
stick it in A3 foam board.
3. In two groups they do The students feel nervous about this activity, they did
this activity the puzzle not understand it although it is so easy. Some of them
with a worksheet. The do it and some not.
students first should solve Constructivist
the puzzle, then write it in
the worksheet next to each
same picture in the table
with the answer.

4. I used the classroom That make them quite and have a great and positive
rules in the begging of the classroom environment, the teacher should provide it to
lesson to keep them Behaviorist the students the rules.
control, and the behavior
chart was helping me also.
5. I choose a student to The students were well engaged in this activity, they
wear the cooker clothes, Constructivist connect the lesson to their real life, and understand the
and we will act to divide concept using object.
the cupcakes in the Plate
to introduce the lesson.

6. Students in this activity The students feel bored because they do it as a group
each group will have four and each student take the cards and do not show the
cards, each card has a others. Some students are angry and did not do the
number, and they will use activity.
a small clothespin to pick Constructivist
the equations with an
answer of 8,12,6 and 10.
When they will finish they
can ask for the answers
cards.

7. This activity they will The students were well engaged, this activity it was
solve the words problem Constructivist challenging for them in the way of thinking about how
and thinking of the to find how to solve the questions. So, they will be
solution. solving the activity according to their understanding,
and that will prove if the students understood the
lesson or not.

8. Give them a small The students were engaged because they will get a
board, and they will do it point on the group's chart if they do it correctly.
as a group, I will put an
arrays question on the Behaviorist
board, and they will write
the answer on their board
and raise the board to
check their understanding.

9.Draw an array of hearts The students feel nervous about this activity, some of
showing 6 x 3 on the them draw the flowers, and I said write the answer and
board. Students must Constructivist some just write their name.
write and solve the
equation on a sticky note.
10.Students will color in a The students were doing it in the wrong way. And
box with an array or Constructivist there was no time to describe the activity again.
depiction of an array that
would have that many
parts. And they will use a
circle spinner, and they
will spin it and the
number that the arrow
stops, they will color the
box that has the arrays or
model the number with a
specific color of the
number.

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