Learning, Knowledge and Human Development MOOC’s Updates

  • Discussion Forum: Essential Update #1 - June 03, 2024

    The teachers role in the behavioralists theme is very important. The teacher must either positively reinforce behaviors or punish a behavior. Positive reinforcement is used to encourage repeated positive behavior. Negative behavior is then punished,...More

  • Collective intelligence, stereotype threat, and online interaction

    Collective intelligence has been defined as intellectual performance on various types of tasks which is generated from a group (Oxford Review Encyclopedia of terms, 2024; Woolley et al., 2015). Group members may not have the similar intelligence, bu...More

  • What are the dangers and uses of intelligence tests?

    What are the dangers and uses of intelligence tests?I believe that the dangers of intelligence tests could result in limiting the test taker. These tests are created, updated, and employed to learn things about the test taker. Over time technology,...More

  • Cyberbullying in Online Learning

    Evidence on Cyberbullying:

    Prevalence: 15-35% of students report experiencing cyberbullying Impact on Learning: Leads to anxiety, depression, lower self-esteem, decreased participation, and lower academic achievement.Psychological and Social Effe...More

  • Metacognition in Educational Psychology

    Metacognition in Educational Psychology

    Contribution to Understanding: Educational psychology explains metacognition, which is learners' awareness and regulation of their own cognitive processes. It highlights how planning, monitoring, and evaluati...More

  • Running and moment of learning in a community of practice

    Let's imagine a group of passionate runners who regularly gather at a local park to train and improve their fitness together. This community also exemplifies different dynamics in the learning process

    During a running session, as the group runs la...More

  • The Dynamics of Learning: Insights from Educational Psychology

    Educational psychology delves into the intricate mechanisms underlying learning processes, offering invaluable insights into how individuals acquire knowledge and skills. "Productive struggle" exemplifies this by highlighting the pivotal role of c...More

  • Fair reinforcement

     

    One important key concept in behaviorism is reinforcement. Reinforcement could shape and guide people to behave in a certain way. Giving students reward or punishment could encourage students to learn more or try harder. However, in classroom set...More

  • Take one key concept of behaviorism, define it and provide an example of this concept in practice. Or, analyze an example of an intelligence test – a whole test, or some questions from a test. What is the test used for? What are its uses and limits?

    One key concept of behaviorism is "operant conditioning." Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened or weakened by the consequences that follow it

    In operant conditioning, behaviors are shaped through reinforceme...More

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  • Комментарий: Ответьте на одно из понятий, введенных основоположниками психологии образования. Что Вы думаете о высказываниях Скиннера по поводу свободы воли? Какова роль учителя в бихевиористской схеме? Природа или воспитание? В чем опасность и польза тес

    Что вы думаете о высказываниях Скиннера по поводу свободы воли?

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