Chapter 9: Social Cognitive Theory

1. Chapter 9: Social Cognitive Theory Zulema Amaro Keila Borjas Edna Buenrostro Leslie De la Fuente Jessica Ibanez

2. Classroom Observation: • Burns Elementary • Kinder 5 yrs old • 16 students • Subject: Reading and Writing • Demographics: Bilingual Class • Early Childhood Center at UTB • Pre-school – 3 yrs old • 7 students • Subject: Math • All English Speakers • Demographics: Hispanic, White and Asian

3. What is the Social Cognitive Theory? • Albert Bandura • Who is he? • What is his goal? • Triadic Reciprocal Causation • What is it and what does it consist of? • Personal characteristics • Behavioral patterns • Social environment

4. Triadic Reciprocal Causation Model:

5. Personal Agency • Self-control • example: • Self-regulation • example: • Self-efficacy • example:

6. Factors that affect Self-efficacy: • Performance Accomplishments • Verbal Persuasion • Emotional Arousal • Vicarious Experience Example from Burns Elementary

7. Types of Behavior affected by Self-efficacy • Selection Process • Cognitive Processes • Motivational Processes • Affective processes

8. Components of a Self-regulated system Example: Burns Elem.

9. Nature of Learning Tactics and Strategies • What is a learning strategy? • General Plan • What is a learning tactic? • Specific Technique

10. Types of Tactics: • Memory-directed • Rehearsal • Rote Rehearsal • Example from observation • Mnemonic devices • Acrostic • Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally • My Very Elegant Mother Just Served Us Nachos

11. Types of Tactics cont. • Comprehension-directed • Self- and peer questioning • Example • Note taking • Example • Concept mapping • Example

12. Modeling and Self-Regulated learning: • Four level process : • Observation • Emulation • Self-control • Self-regulation Example from Early Childhood Center at UTB

13. Research on Social Cognitive Theory • Improving students’ mathematical problem solving skills • Peer models • Self-modeling • Improving Students’ writing skills • Modeling for strategy development • Observing weak and strong models • Modeling versus practice Examples from Early Childhood Center at UTB

14. Major Findings: • Instructor • Teacher Rosa • Instruction • Lesson centered around a theme • Students • Triadic Reciprocal Causation • Kaylub, Autum, and Natalie • Teacher-Student Interaction • Disruption was addressed and action taken Examples from Early Childhood Center at UTB

15. Major Findings Cont. • Student-Student Interaction • Kaylub and Autum- bickering • Class Management • Listening position • Restroom breaks • Misbehavior addressed • Assessment • Teacher directed quiz throughout the lesson

16. Concluding Statement • Through our observations we were able to see how the Social Cognitive Theory plays a role in the classroom, even at an early age. We discovered how the Triadic Reciprocal Causation model occurs and plays an effect on learning. Additionally, we learned that all the factors of the theory are interrelated and such factors interact in the social setting where the learning occurs.

17. Activity: PAIR THINK SHARE

18. Sources • Snowman, J., McCown, R., and Biehler, R., (2009). Psychology applied to teaching. (13th ed.). • Burns Elementary • Early Childhood Center at UTB

19. Quiz 1.What does the Triadic Reciprocal Causation model mean? • The ability to control one’s actions in absence of external reinforcement. • Consistently using self-control in new situations. • A person’s behavior is the result of interactions among personal characteristics, behavioral patterns, and environmental factors. • All of the above. 2. How does self- efficacy differ from self-esteem? • They do not differ; they are both the same concept. • It differs in that self-efficacy refers to how capable or prepared we are to handle a particular task. • It differs because self-esteem refers to the overall or global evaluation that people make of themselves. • Both B and C 3.What occupies a central role in the social cognitive theory? • Self-regulation • Self- control • Environmental factors • Self-efficacy

20. 4. Out of the four self-efficacy factors. Which factors is the most important? • Vicarious Experience • Verbal Persuasion • Performance Accomplishment • Emotional Arousal 5.The sentence “Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally” is told to a 7 th grade mathematics class to remember the order of operation in algebraic problems. This is an example of • Acronym • Keyword Method • Loci Method • Acrostic 6.Which is not a type of comprehension directed learning tactic? • Rehearsal • Self-and peer questioning • Concept mapping • Note taking

21. 7.A mnemonic device can help you remember _______________ • Individual items of information • Sets of information • Ideas expressed in text • All of the above 8.Which of the following is NOT a self-regulated learning skill? • Observation • Emulation • Self-control • Motivation 9.What are the three phrases of the Self-Regulation cycle? • Self-control, self-efficacy and self-esteem • Self-Reflection, forethought and performance • Vicarious experience, verbal persuasion and emotional arousal • None of these 10.What are some of the effects of modeling Self-efficacy, Self-regulation and Achievement? • Improving student’s mathematical problem solving skills • Improving student’s writing skills • Improving student’s behavior • Both A and B