Social Cognitivism

From my observations in the classroom I have noticed the teacher using social cognitive theory. She set rules in the classroom about cell phones and allows students to have extra time in class to play on their phones if they finish their work. This is the environmental factors of the students and impacts their personal factors by having them be motivated to get their phones to socialize. It also impacts students' behavioral factors by them either working faster to get their work done or working slower because they don't have a phone or don't want to use their phone that day. These are in the triarchic reciprocal causality.
   I also noticed her use of vicarious punishment. She singles out students who are talking when she is instructing by calling them by name and asking them to be quiet. Other students see this and then they stop talking. I have also noticed that she shows other students anonymous work from the students to congratulate them on showing their work and showing the class what is acceptable. This is a form of vicarious reinforcement. She does help students self-efficacy by having them do group work in which they can see a peer succeed at the task. She also encourages students and guides them through challenging problems. These are sources of self efficacy. The teacher also has a strong sense of self efficacy since she believes in her skills as a teacher and her ability to manage the classroom and help her students.

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