Teaching Practice Task 4: From Theory to Practice

Program link: This task is associated to the guidelines of the course EPR 3003 – Mathematics
for the Primary School Teacher Course learning outcomes 2 – Recognize the relationship
between how children learn mathematics with the theories of learning and their
psychological impact on learning math.

Objective: You will identify teaching and learning activities that can be related to
behaviorist and constructivist theories. You will note at least ten activities (for English, Math
or Science) that the teacher or you used. For each activity noted, identify the theoretical
perspective and evaluate the activity for engagement.

Activity observed in Theory Engagement

class

1. Experiential Will enhance student knowledge of plant life and

Teacher apply a learning growth.
real plant to let
students to
observe how it’s
grows
2. Give an active Behaviorist To reduces student moving and let him/her to do
student job to do something benefit

3. Constructivist To strengthen self-confidence, and engaged them

Let students join in to the lesson
roll play

4. ZPD To help other students in any straggling part, and to

Young teacher motivating other students to work hard

5. Applied activities Learning by Strengthen self-confidence in the students,

that they already doing
print or bring such
as A1 paper
6. Cognitivism For teaching students how, the subtraction process
Playing circle chair goes

7. Cognitivism To remind them about shapes name

Identifying a shape
before entering
the classroom

8. Behaviorism To motivating students to work hard to get a star

Reward system

9. Students evaluate To check students level

10.