Impact of Reinforcement on Learning of Secondary School Students: Theory and Practice

Dad, Hukam, Arif, M. H.

ISBN 10: 3847319329 / ISBN 13: 9783847319320

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Impact of Reinforcement on Learning of Secondary School Students: Theory and Practice
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3847319329
• ISBN 13: 9783847319320
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

The book describes a study about use of effective and ineffective reinforcement techniques as viewed by secondary school teachers and students of Govt. schools in the province of the Punjab(Pakistan).The study questionnaire items, responded on a 5-point scale, were derived from Skinner's practice oriented behaviorist theory of learning i.e. operant conditioning theory. The survey results indicate that the views of secondary school teachers and students were contrasting and contradictory. Students, unlike their teachers, were of the opinion that theory based scientific reinforcement techniques were not being used in schools. The results justify redesigning and implementing teacher education curricula, especially in subjects of educational psychology and teaching methodology in Pakistan to orient the potential and practicing school teachers in using research based and practice oriented behavior modification techniques.

About the Author

Presently Dr. Hukam Dad is working as lecturer in the department of education at National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad. His research work has been published in the world fame journals. He is an approved supervisor of Higher Education Comission. His main domain of research is Educational Psychology and Early Childhood Education.