Post #5

a) How would you define successful mastery of your lesson objectives from a behavioral view of learning? From a social cognitive view of learning?

Behavioral view:

I define successful mastery as when the learning has instilled a noticeable behavior change in the student, where he or she is able to learn more efficiently in the classroom. So when you ask a student if they understand, instead of a vague yes or headnod, they could actually elaborate on the subject and then you are actually able to observe that they know the material.

Social Cognitive view:

Social Cog is the theory I talk about in my paper. Mastery of this view would be when students have successfully internalized material so that they understand it in their own way. I could ask a student a question and they would answer me. Then I might ask how they remember it on their own. People learn and understand things in different ways, so each student is going to have their own way of remembering the stuff they learn in class.