IZT2 Task 1: Behaviorism

Behaviorism is Skinners theory that responses from students (or any creature, but we use it in terms of our students in education) can be strengthened or weakened to reflect ideal responses when reinforced or ignored/punished. Behaviorism has several possible impacts of teaching and learning in the attached lesson plan. In all instructional settings, I believe that elements of behaviorism should be understood and used to the advantage of the educator to increase teaching and learning. I will discuss these here, as well as the potential accommodations possible to that lesson plan.
There are many elements of behaviorism that I think could impact teaching and learning, which I will analyze here. One such is the basic operant conditioning principle of...