C572
C 572 Classroom Management, Engagement, and Motivation
Task 1
A. Explain how one student’s behavior affects the learning environment, including how that
behavior influences his or her own learning, the learning of others, and the teacher
instructions.
Bridgett shows lack of confidence in her learning abilities. With the need for
constant reassurance and conformation she is distracting the teacher from whole
group lessons. When Bridgett is reinforced with the teacher’s attention she is
engaging in learned helplessness. She is relying in the teacher versus her own
abilities. The teacher would be lessening her focus on the lesson to pause for
reassurance to Bridgett thus affecting the entire learning environment and fellow
students learning. This pause in teaching would open opportunity for other
students and behavioral issues such as wondering room, anger from constant
change in routine, and lack of focus.
B. Describe a possible trigger (i.e., antecedent) or reason for the student’s behavior.
The antecedent for Bridgett’s behavior is whole group lessons and conformation
she is correctly doing the work. The function of her behavior is attention seeking
and the teacher is reinforcing the behavior with the attention Bridgett is seeking.
Bridgett will continue to interrupt and seek attention if the teacher is reinforcing
it.
C. Describe an instructional intervention (ways you would change the instruction, lesson or
assignment for a student, this is different than behavioral interventions) specific to the
student that could be used to address the student’s behavior or trigger.
An instructional intervention I would use for Bridgett is to provide scheduled
attention breaks to reduce the need for attention seeking behaviors during whole
group lessons. I would increase praise for appropriate classroom behaviors such
as waiting for appropriate time to raise hand and speak or doing her work
independently. Nonpreferred behaviors would be not to reinforced such as
calling out and not waiting the appropriate amount of time to request attention.
D-D1. Describe a way to incorporate a type of technology to enhance your teaching, with
a student from either scenario as a target for the technology. Explain how or why the
technology identified will enhance your teaching.
