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.   Students  using   CPA   The  students  liked  the  activities  and  understood  
different   what  the  lesson  was  about.  However;  there  were  
manipulatives  and   some  students  with  low  ability  who  needed  more  
card  numbers  to  
help  and  guidance.  
subtract.  Then,  
use  pictures  to  
write  the  
equations,  then,  
after  the  practice,  
students  wrote  a  
subtraction  
equation  (3-­‐1=2)  
on  a  piece  of  
paper.    
 
 
2.   After  the  students   Operating   The  students  were  engaged  in  the  activity.    
were  done  from   condition  
the  activity  that   (positive)  
consisted  of  
drawing  of  a  
domino  with  two  
sides  and  students  
had  to  subtract  
those  numbers  
and  get  the  sum,  
 after  the  activity,  I  
asked  the  students  
questions  to  
assess  them,  and  
gave  the  students  
with  correct  
answers  points  on  
the  reward  chart.