Social cognitive theory

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gx4pZ-
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2. Albert Bandura's
Social Cognitive Theory

3. What is it??????
● Third theory in how learning occurs.
● Other theories include operant conditioning and
information processing theory.
● States new behaviors can be learned simply by
observing and modeling. Also, behavioral,
personal and social settings all intersect.

4. Learning Objective 1
Self-regulation is how we control our behavior
on our own.
● This is particularly important for students
because as they get older, the less teachers
and parents guide and prompt them. The
material they are expected to learn becomes
more complex and the pace is more rapid.

6. Self-efficacy refers to how much we believe we
can complete particular tasks.
● It may not be the same for every subject.
● Students with high self-efficacy are able to
manage time effectively, adjust learning tactics
and monitor their own performance.

8. Learning Objective 2
How do we help our students become self-
regulated learners?
● The needed skills must be taught – rarely do
students possess these.
● A learning strategy or a plan is needed – what
needs to be accomplished as well as when and
where it will be done.
● Learning techniques need to be taught as well.
They can be memory or comprehension based.

10. Learning Objective 3
What does research say about Social Cognitive
Theory?
● Peers were more effective in modeling solving
math problems than watching adults or written
instruction. They scored higher and had higher
levels of self-efficacy.
● Elementary students wrote better when they
observed models similar to themselves.

11. ● Elementary students who learned a self-
regulating strategy wrote higher-quality essays
than those who received the regular writing
strategy.
● Students who were taught to summarize,
question, clarify, and predict scored higher on
reading comprehension tests than those who
were given regular reading instruction.

12. Learning Objective 4
Using technology to assist self-regulated
learning
● Modeling
● Providing feedback – Cognitive and
Metacognitive
● Scaffolded instruction

13. Remember!!
The more independent as a learner the student
becomes, the more important self-regulation
and self-efficacy are.