http://projectblogger.ie/dance Does your teacher affect your grade? Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:01:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Acknowledgments   I would like to give a big enormous thanks to everyone at Laurel Hill Secondary School, would helped me with this project, especially, the three first year science classes and their teachers, because without them I would not have been able to do this experiment.  Also, I would like to ... http://projectblogger.ie/dance/2010/01/12/acknowledgments/ Introduction   Before I started this experiment I found it interesting that there are loads of different teaching styles that various teachers used.  I wondered what type of teaching methods were the best for the students, and what style helped the students get good grades.  I was more interested in positive and ... http://projectblogger.ie/dance/2010/01/12/introduction/ Discussion B. F. Skinner’s entire system is based on operant conditioning.  The organism is in the process of “operating” on the environment, which in ordinary terms means it is bouncing around its world, doing what it does.  During this “operating,” the organism encounters a special kind of stimulus, called a ... http://projectblogger.ie/dance/2010/01/12/discussion/ Conclusion   Before conducting this experiment it had been my opinion that the positively reinforced class would’ve preformed the better than the other two classes.  I also thought that the negatively reinforced class would not have performed the same as the positively reinforced class and the control.    Skinner stated that extreme forms ... http://projectblogger.ie/dance/2010/01/12/conclusion/ Abstract The reason I did this project was that I had mixed opinions on every subject that I had, that were been taught by a different teacher. I came to the conclusion that maybe a teacher could affect your opinion on a particular topic and thus affecting your attitude towards ... http://projectblogger.ie/dance/2010/01/11/abstract/ The Result of the after test that was given to the three classes.   It is clear from the graphs that: •       In the control class the students answered 85 questions out of a possible 135 correct; this means they answered 63% of the test correct.  The students got 37% of the answers ... http://projectblogger.ie/dance/2010/01/10/the-result-of-the-after-test-that-was-given-to-the-three-classes/ The Results From The Before Test That Was Given To The Three Classes.   It is clear from the graphs that positively reinforced class preformed better in the before test, because they managed to get the most of the questions asked correct. •       The students in the positively reinforced class answered 44 questions ... http://projectblogger.ie/dance/2010/01/10/the-results-from-the-before-test-that-was-given-to-the-three-classes/ Positive reinforced class 'Before Test' Results Before Test No of students who took the test - 22 Question No. No. of students who answered correctly No. of students who answered wrong No. of students who did not answer 1 15 5 2 - 2 19 4 3 3 - 19 4 - 1 21 5 7 3 12 6 Students  that picked:  A B C D/Other 5 2 13 2 7 Students that picked: A B C D/Other 6 2 14 -                                                 http://projectblogger.ie/dance/2010/01/08/positive-reinforced-class-before-test-results/ Reports on Class Observations. Class A: - positive class used in experiment.                 In the observation of this class we both found that the teacher taught her class in a positive way. We found that the teacher explained clearly, always had eye contact, related to things students may know more about, worked ... http://projectblogger.ie/dance/2010/01/08/reports-on-class-observations/ chart http://projectblogger.ie/dance/2010/01/08/