1. Relationships between teachers and students
Public Speaking
The conditioned response that occurs in students when a teacher announces a public speaking assignment is often fear
and anxiety. To make the experience fun, the teacher can make it emotionally safe for the speakers. Establishing rules
such as "No laughing at the speaker" and "Always clap for the speaker" can help students see this activity in a positive
light.
Problem Behaviors
Students exhibiting behavior problems often act out without consciously knowing what they are doing or why. Teachers
can note possible conditioned and unconditioned stimuli that may be setting off a child's behaviors. For example, a child
may always act out after the last recess of the school day but seem fine while out on recess. Perhaps the conditioned
response of the bell for the end of recess is triggering anxiety that the school day will soon be over or that a classroom
subject which the child does not like is coming up. Addressing these concerns can lead to less misbehavior by
interrupting the classical conditioning cycle.
Classroom Reading
Using classical conditioning activities can help in classroom management. Through positive reinforcement, teachers can
help ensure that students avoid feeling humiliation or fear in the classroom. Avoiding overcorrection of reading, for
example, can help a child feel more confident in his abilities. Though it is important to teach correct reading techniques,
avoid correction in front of other students and instead let each student read the best he can during public reading
exercises.
Peer Relationships
Children who don't naturally enjoy being around other children are put into an uncomfortable environment when they
come to school. In their past, an incident out of their control may have affected their view of making friends and
interacting with their peers. Conditioning a class to accept people for all they have to offer creates an atmosphere in
which new friendships can form. Enforcing positive peer play with emotional rewards, such as the teacher's commenting
on how well two students are playing together, allows students to learn a new response to old behaviors regarding
friendships.
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Classical conditioning refers to involuntary behavior that occurs due to experience. This method of learning begins with
an unconditioned stimulus and an unconditioned response, a behavior that occurs naturally. An example is salivating
when you smell food. Throughout an experiment, the subject is trained to produce a conditioned response to a
conditioned stimulus. This behavior does not occur naturally. Examples include salivating at the sound of cooking
utensils or at the sight of a McDonald's bag.
Some Applications of Classical Conditioning to Classroom Teaching
Facilitate emotional, behavioral and cognitive response to neutral stimuli through positive association
with stimuli.
Build positive associations between teaching and learning activities.
Relate learning activities with pleasant events.
Assists every student to experience success.
Maintain a positive learning environment.
Develop skills in recognizing differences and similarities among situations to enable them to
discriminate and generalize situations