… BEHAVIORAL LEARNING in the new normal. Now I have to talk about the case study given in our EDS 103 (Theories of Learning) class, which was about Pepe who felt anxious when he learned that his exam results would be sent to his house for her mother to see his progress in school.
It is natural for students who know that they have low scores to feel restless about the situation. But, for students who aced the tests, this is not a problem at all. One of the questions we had to answer in the discussion was “Do you know a real-life Pepe?”
I never experienced the same anxiety about my grades. But, after discussing and seeing what my other classmates had to say about the case, I started questioning myself: What if I am not Pepe (since I am Pilar)? What if I am Pepe’s mom? Do my kids feel the same way towards me when it comes to their academic performance?
As a parent, I never want my kids to experience any anxiety, especially when it comes to learning. However, during this time that online approach is the learning method, I can immediately check how my kids are doing since I receive Google classroom summaries of their daily and weekly activities via email.
They seem to be okay with it since I tell them whenever I receive the summary and also ask them for updates which might not have been provided in the email. However, I just came to realize that I should have asked them first before I activated my Gmail account for email summaries. Although if they said no, I would still convince them to let me.
Now that I am aware of kids reacting or behaving in a way that depends on the stimulus around them, I hope that I will be able to identify when and how to use positive or negative reinforcements and positive or negative punishments accordingly.
Additionally, I will always look for both extrinsic and intrinsic motivations to ensure that my children will behave and respond to stimuli as they should.
Fifth post for EDS 103, October 19, 2020
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