Chapter 10

Which of the learning activities/skills can you think of that lend themselves to learning through modeling?

How might self-efficacy and self-regulation contribute to the intervention plans you use in your case study?

There are many learning activities and skills that one can learn through modeling. Two of the most important skills in my opinion would be how a student can learn self-efficacy and self-regulation through modeling. When a student can witness a good role model practicing self-regulation that student can open their mind to the idea. If they look up to this individual and can view how self-regulation has improved the over all skills of their role model then the student should be able to take this one skill and build upon it to form their self-efficacy.

Let's say I have a student that is having a hard time focusing in class, for example they are having a hard time staying focused on their assignments. I would point out to the student that their attention span is wandering and set up a focus plan with the student. I would set up a focus plan for the student aiming that for every 5 problems completed the student can then take a 10 to 15 minute break as a reward. This will help the student learn how to self-regulate while working on homework problems. I would also be sure to use classroom activities that the student can participate in and feel good about in order to help build her self-efficacy. Using activities and topics the student enjoys will also help by making the task more interesting which in turn will give a better chance for increasing their self-efficacy.