Mimi Castanias

CHAPTER 7: BEHAVIOR VIEWS OF LEARNING &

ANNE SULLIVAN

• I was born on April 14 th, 1866 in Massachusetts

• My family immigrated from Ireland during Potato Famine, like most Irish, my family was persecuted for our background.

• I am one of five children; although, two died as children.

• By the age of five, I became ill with trachoma and lost my eye sight.

• My mother died when I was a young girl, causing my father to give me and my siblings up.

• Me and my younger brother were sent to a poor house, mainly made up of “mentally ill” Irish women.

• I attended Perkins School for The Blind.

• I had many behavior issues because I was ridiculed for being illiterate and of Irish decent.

• After graduating I became Helen Keller’s life long tutor.

• http://www.biography.com/people/anne-sullivan-9498826

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BACKGROUND

• Behavior is described as what a person does in certain situations.

• Not all behaviors are automatic/intentional so you must be willing to work with the student.

• According to your book we would not have behavior without, antecedents (influences that proceed) and consequences (influences that follow).

• Educators often try to handle behaviors by punishing the student(s) sometimes by not allowing free time, or group work.

• When you don’t handle the undesired behavior or you don’t try hard enough to end it, you are reinforcing the behavior.

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• There are two types of reinforcement.• Positive reinforcement creates a new stimulus for the student (giving

students candy).• Negative Reinforcement is when a behavior gets rid of a stimulus

(putting a seat belt on, gets rid of the irritating beeping).• When trying to get rid of a behavior you must use reinforcement methods

constantly or the behavior will come back. • One of the best ways to rid a behavior is by using Effective Instruction

Delivery (EDI). • EDI creates better student behaviors by using clear, concise and specific

instruction and opposed to being vague and hard to understand. • Applied Behavior Analysis is using behavior principals to change the

undesired behavior• Many psychologist believe the best way to fix a behavior is by praising

the students for good behavior and ignoring the bad; although it won’t fix everything because simply ignoring the behavior will only make it continue.

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• The Guidelines in your textbook say:

• Be clear and systematic in giving praise, and that the praise is tied only to the good behavior

• Attribute students success to ability so that they know they can repeat the success again and continue to grow

• Reinforce praise to a student, don’t just do it once or the student will fall behind again.

• Be aware of student accomplishments.

• Help students be aware of what behaviors are good and which are bad.

• Make learning and activities pleasant and as fun as possible

APPLICATION TO GUIDELINES