Educational Implications

According to Ormrod, there are several implications for classroom use with Social Cognitive Theory and modeling:

1. Students learn a great deal by simple observing others.
2. Describing the consequences of behaviors can effectively increase appropriate behaviors and decrease inapprpriate one.
3. Modeling provides an alternative to shaping for teaching new behaviors.
4. Teachers, parents and other adults must model appropriate behaviors and take care that they don't model innapropriate ones.
5. Exposure to a variety of other models further enhances the students' learning.
6. Students must believe that they are capable of accomplishing school tasks.
7. Teachers should help students set realistic expectations for their accomplishments.
8. Self-regulation techinques provide effective methods for improving student behavior (2008, pp. 145-47).

References

Ormrod, J. (2008). Human Learning (5th Ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall.