1. I Year B.Ed - CORE 3
LEARNING AND TEACHING
Ms R SRIDEVI
Assistant Professor, Pedagogy of Mathematics,
Loyola College of Education
Chennai 34
UNIT III
BEHAVOURIAL THEORIES OF
LEARNING
Operant conditioning and
shaping (Skinner)
2. The questions and allotment of marks
are as described below:
• Type of course : Full course
• Type of Questions : Essay type
• Questions : 10
• To answer : 7
• Marks : Each carries 10 marks
• Total marks : 70 ( 7 x 10 )
• Maximum word : 600 words / 5 sides
for each question
• Time : 3 hrs
3. Unit III
BEHAVOURIAL THEORIES OF LEARNING
• Learning : Meaning of Learning as defined by
behaviourists
• Classical Conditioning (Pavlov)
• Law of effect (Thorndike)
• Operant conditioning and shaping (Skinner)
• Social learning (Bandura)
• Basic assumptions of behavioural theory
• Strengths and Limitations.