Teaching PracticeTask 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 class Theory Engagement

1. Math (Me) Behaviour Some of the students are excited to learns one, tens and
The activity about hundred. And some of them they didn’t understand
Place value. Students Skinner
will use tens blocks to Positive and
make one’s, tens and
negative
hundred.
reinforcement
Teacher use class dojo to
see who is working hard
to put for them points.

2. Math (Me) Constructivist The master and developing students they interested to do
subtract single digit the activities.
numbers. Teacher will let the Vygotsky
students work in pairs to But the emerging students they confused between
Learning is a
share and use manipulative subtraction and adding
social activity
tools using a umber line and
blocks.
3. English activity (MST) Constructivist All students is very excited to showing them the pictures to
Learning letter ‘C’ by guess
using pictures. Bruner

Teacher will show The information

students the pictures of is stored visually
Cupcake and students in the form of
will tell the teacher the images
names of the pictures.

4. Math activity (Me) Constructivist All students are participating in the modelling with teacher,
Subtract two digit numbers. and they engage.
First teacher will model then Gradual Release
teacher model and students of Responsibility
help them using smart board
Teacher do
then let the students work
individual using Teacher do and
manipulative tools. students help Some students in the activity they didn’t listen to the
instructions, so they didn’t do the activity.
Students do
without helping.

5. English (MST) Constructivist Some of the students did the first part only which is shaping
About short ‘e’ sounds. First the letters, and the next part they should to match the letter
teacher teach them how to Piaget
with picture they didn’t did it.
sound by showing them Cognitive
several pictures and let
development
students to think the name of
the picture for example
showing them picture of red
color so students will think
and tell teacher ‘ red’.
6. Math activity (Me) Constructivist All students are motivate and exited to try the activities.
Comparing numbers (more
than, less than, equal). I Piaget
provide for each level Abstract
concrete tools. To help them
reasoning ability
learn in their activities
& ability to
generalize from
the concrete
increases
7. English (MST) the lesson Behaviour The students like the idea that teacher put for them stickers
about nouns students will so as they collect 10 stickers they will have gifts.
read story and circle the Skinner
nouns. Positive
Teacher gives the students
reinforces
the stickers for students put
the circle for all nouns.

8. Math (MST) Behaviour The developing group they finish the activity quickly and
The lesson about add one they make noisy and they interrupt other groups. So teacher
digit numbers. Students will Skinner
use class dojo and she take pointes from the tasks.
add one digit number using Negative
cubs
punishment
Teacher use class dojo to
manage the classroom.

9. Math (Me) Constructivist Some of the students was feeling bored and not interesting
to complete the activity.
The lesson about compare to Manipulative
1000. Teacher provides for reconstruct
them tools for the activities information
like magnetic numbers.

10. English (MST) Behaviour Some of the students they didn’t know the name in English.
The lesson about ‘Rhyme’.
Matching the words with Look for Some of them they got it by seeing words with pictures.
pictures. behavioural.