Blog Entry 1
I volunteered in a fourth grade class. During my time there I noticed how hard it is to keep the students on task! The class I was volunteering in was especially crazy, the teacher event warned me that her class is the hardest fourth grade class in the school. I noticed that the teacher would use many different tactics in an attempt to have well behaved class. One thing that I really liked was the teacher made "Disney dollars". If a student was good they could earn a Disney dollar and with the "money" earned they could pick out a prize. Also the teacher would use points for groups. These points could also be used towards prizes. Tactics like these are known as positive reinforcement, witch is a way to apply behaviorism. Also the teacher would use many different ways to teach a lesson such as having the students take notes, watching a movie related to the lesson, or listening to podcasts. By using many different teaching styles,...