Behavioral Teaching

Aspect Methods Cognitivist Approaches

Direct attention to internal

Highlighting noticeable conduct, cognitive processes like
Focus of Learning external triggers, and positive memory, attention, and
reinforcement is essential. The critical thinking.
process of learning is perceived of information.
as a transformation in one's
actions.

Rooted in cognitive
Grounded in behaviorism, with psychology, emphasizing
Learning Theory Basis a focus on stimulus-response mental processes,
associations, reinforcement, information processing,
and conditioning. and schema development.
Language is intricately
connected with cognitive
Language serves as a medium thought processes and
Role of Language for communication and the plays a crucial role in
expression of acquired representing and
behaviors. organizing information.
Emphasize understanding,
Key components include problem-solving, and the
repetition, reinforcement, and mental structuring of
conditioning. The learning information. Learning is
process is frequently often seen as a more
characterized by incremental active, constructive
Learning Process progress. process.
Facilitator, leading
Educational, delivering precise students to explore and
guidance, reinforcement, and structure information,
Teacher's Role feedback. fostering critical thinking.
Engaged as an active
participant, involving
Receives information passively, critical thinking, problem-
anticipated to respond to solving, and information
Student's Role stimuli. processing.
Engaged as an active
participant, involving critical Emphasizes feedback on
thinking, problem-solving, and understanding, reasoning,
Feedback Mechanism information processing. and problem-solving skills.
 Behavioral Teaching
Aspect Methods Cognitivist Approaches
Promote the application of
knowledge in diverse
Learning frequently pertains to contexts, placing
the particular context in which it emphasis on
Transfer of Knowledge takes place. comprehension.
The process of acquiring The acquisition of
language is perceived as an language is regarded as a
outcome of imitation, cognitive process that
reinforcement, and involves internal mental
Language Acquisition conditioning. structures.
Corrections of errors are Errors are seen as part of
accomplished through the learning process,
reinforcement and repeated indicating areas for further
Error Handling practice. understanding.
Emphasize
comprehension, problem-
Often involve observable solving, and the
behaviors and performance- application of knowledge
Assessment Methods based assessments. in assessments.
Criticized for sometimes
Critiqued for oversimplifying being too focused on
intricate cognitive processes internal processes and not
and overlooking the considering the social and
Critique in significance of internal mental contextual aspects of
Psycholinguistics structures. learning.

Key Theorists B.F. Skinner, Pavlov Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky