10/6/2016 MICRO TEACHING IN MATHEMATICS: MODULE 4 ­ SKILL OF REINFORCEMENT

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MODULE 4 ‐ SKILL OF REINFORCEMENT
Dr.K.Thiyagu, Assistant
Professor, Department of
SKILL OF REINFORCEMENT
Education, School of Education
and Training, Central University
of Tamilnadu, Thiruvarur.
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MODULE 6 ‐ SKILL OF BLACKBOARD
WRITING
MODULE 5 ‐ SKILL OF PROBING
QUESTIONS
MODULE 4 ‐ SKILL OF REINFORCEMENT
MODULE 3 ‐ SKILL OF STIMULUS
VARIATION
Prologue
MODULE 2 ‐ SKILL OF EXPLANATION
          Reinforcement is strengthening the connection between a stimulus and a
response.  Positive  reinforcement  provides  pleasant  experience  or  a  feeling  of MODULE 1 ‐ MICRO‐TEACHING:
INTRODUCTION
satisfaction  which  contributes  towards  strengthening  of  desirable  responses  or
behaviours. The negative reinforcement results in unpleasant experiences, which
help  in  weakening  the  occurrence  of  undesirable  responses  or  behaviours.  This
module  is  discussed  in  detail  about  skill  of  reinforcement.  Particularly  this

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module deals about the skill of reinforcement and its components.  The skills of
reinforcement involve the teacher to use more and more positive reinforcement
and  to  decrease  the  use  of  negative  reinforcement  so  that  the  pupils’
participation is maximized.

Objectives
          On successful completion of the module, you will be able to:
Ø  Argue the meaning of skill of reinforcement;
Ø  Acquires the knowledge of skill of reinforcement;
Ø  Grasp the microteaching process and its significance.
Ø  explain the components of skill of reinforcement;
Ø  understand the meaning of skill of reinforcement;

SKILL OF REINFORCEMENT
            Reinforcement is strengthening the connection between a stimulus and
a  response.  There  are  two  types  of  reinforcement’s  i.e.  positive  reinforcement
and  negative  reinforcement.  Positive  reinforcement  provides  pleasant
experience  or  a  feeling  of  satisfaction  which  contributes  towards  strengthening
of  desirable  responses  or  behaviours.  The  negative  reinforcement  results  in
unpleasant  experiences,  which  help  in  weakening  the  occurrence  of  undesirable
responses or behaviours.
                    The  skill  of  reinforcement  can  increase  the  students’  involvement  in
learning  in  a  number  of  ways.  The  skill  is  used  when  the  teacher  reinforces
correct  responses  with  a  smile,  when  the  teacher  praises  a  good  response  or
encourages  a  slow  learner.  Such  positive  reinforces  strengthen  desirable
responses whereas negative reinforces such as scolding, punishing the students,
sarcastic  remarks  etc.  weaken  the  undesirable  response.  However,  the  use  of
more  and  more  positive  reinforcers  maximizes  pupils’  involvement  of  learning
rather  than  the  use  of  negative  reinforcers.  Therefore,  the  skills  of
reinforcement  involve  the  teacher  to  use  more  and  more  positive  reinforcers
and  to  decrease  the  use  of  negative  reinforcers  so  that  the  pupils’  participation
is maximized.

Components and Description of Skill of Reinforcement
S.No. Components Description of Behaviour

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1 Positive  verbal Comments  like  ‘good’,  ‘very  good’,

reinforcement ‘excellent’ etc
2 Positive gestures Facial expression; example; ‘smile’
3 Proximity Teacher  moving  towards  the  responding
student
4 Token reinforcement merit card
5 Activity reinforcement Giving  a  task,  the  student  likes  to
perform
6 Negative verbal Comments like ‘nonsense’
7 Negative gesture Facial expression like ‘frowning’

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Assignment
Ø    Make  a  PowerPoint  presentation  for  skill  of  reinforcement  and  its
components.
Ø  Write an episode for skill of reinforcement in teaching of mathematics.

FAQ
Ø  Describe the components of skill of reinforcement.
Ø  What are the components involved in skill of reinforcement?
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Ø   List  out  the  some  of  the  terms  of  positive  verbal  reinforcement  in  skill  of
reinforcement.
Ø  What is the difference between token and activity reinforcement?
Ø  What do you mean by positive gestures?
Ø  What do you mean by proximity?

Quiz
Which are not the non verbal cues in the following?
a)  Facial expression                                b) Smile
c)  Nodding head                                     d) Giving Comments
Reinforcement is strengthening the connection between
a) Stimulus and response                          b) stimulus and experience
c) Experience and response                       d) stimulus and validity
The fourth step of micro teaching cycle is
a) Replan                                               b) Teaching
c)  Feedback                                          d) Planning    
In the below, which is not related to skill of reinforcement?
a) Positive Verbal                                    b) Positive gestures
c) Proximity                                           d) change in speech pattern
In the below, which is not related to skill of reinforcement?
a) Beginning statement                             b) Positive gestures
c) Proximity                                           d) Activity reinforcement

Glossary
Reinforcement         =       strengthening
Proximity                 =       closeness
Activity                   =       action
Gesture                  =       signal
Positive                   =       optimistic
Negative                  =       pessimistic
Verbal                    =       oral

Epilogue
          Technical skill is a set of related teaching behaviours which in specified
types  of  classroom  instruction  situations  tend  to  facilitate  the  achievement  of

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specified  types  of  classroom  interaction  situations  tend  to  facilitate  the
achievement  of  specified  type  of  objectives.    Teaching  skill  is  a  group  of
teaching acts/behaviours intended to facilitate pupils’ learning activity directly or
indirectly.  This  module  has  attempted  to  throw  some  light  on  the  skill  of
reinforcement and its components.

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3 comments:

Pastyari EED March 1, 2015 at 3:54 PM

it's easy to understand thank you...

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Unknown August 1, 2016 at 9:51 PM

Please give lesson plan related to reinforcement.

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Please give lesson plan related to reinforcement.

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