1. Academic Behavior I teach because I like to help students learn, so I want to be available to you. But since this is a large class, I won't be able to address the difficult questions if I am spending hours a day answering the simple ones. So before coming to the instructor with any question, try finding the answer on your own by searching in at least three (3) different places. (For example, re–read the module, check the course schedule, re–read the syllabus, post a question in the discussion board, send a message to your fellow classmates using the Inbox tool, ask a TA, etc.) This may not only help to resolve your problem, but it may help other students who may have had the same question. Gold Line Expectations Academic integrity will be appraised...show more content... This means that I cannot negotiate individual terms for you. Assignments are due when they are due. Assignments are what they are and will not be revised for you. It would be hopelessly inefficient for me to allow some students to create their own course schedules. It would also be unfair to the other students. Even though I recognize that life is unfair, I try to sustain some degree of fairness in this class. So, please pay attention to due dates and plan ahead. Gold Line Email Protocols Email will be an integral part of this course. Make sure you: Check your email at least twice per week. (More often is better.) Before mailing Professor Chesnut with general questions about the course, post your questions to the General Class Questions or the Webcourses Issues discussion topics and wait at least a day for a response. Be patient. Don't expect an immediate response when you send me an email. Allow at least 48 hours for a response (72 hours on weekends – we all need some time off now and then). Please send all email via the Webcourses Inbox tool. However, if for some reason you need to send an email to my Jason.Chesnut@ucf.edu address, I'll need you to place "SOP 3742" in the beginning of the email subject header. That way I know who you are! Be courteous and considerate. Being honest and expressing yourself freely is very important, but being considerate of others online is just as important. This is no different than the way it is in the classroom. Make every effort to ...Get more content on HelpWriting.Net...

3. Classroom Behavior Essay Would you be surprised to learn that in today's classroom children sometimes aren't learning due to behavioral issues? Teachers are attempting to teach classes in which students can be disruptive, disrespectful and defiant. Classrooms are often overcrowded which adds to the frustration of the situation. Teachers are often tempted to take the easy way out, using antiquated strategies that will usually not help the child to learn. In fact, some types of punishments can actually cause the child to become even more rebellious. The child can experience a sense of worthlessness after being punished again and again. Children do not act out because they are "bad." They act out in the hopes of receiving some kind of response or reward. In the...show more content... On the other hand, if that child fills the need for attention by getting into trouble at school, they will get into trouble. Skinner tells us that "non–reinforcement leads to the extinction of a behavior." In other words if teachers figure out what the child is getting from exhibiting a particular behavior, they can then give that child the exact opposite of the expected response. If our response is consistent the child will eventually give up the behavior in lieu of another which yields more satisfying results. The reward system is sometimes turned around to reinforce poor behavior. Often, children who are misbehaving are looking for some sort of a reaction. It is possible that they believe that it is better to not even try than to try and fail. It could also be true that the only type of attention they receive comes from the instances in which they misbehave. Although as adults it may seem logical that one would avoid being singled out or chastised, children who have little sense of self worth will "take what they can get." Skinner calls his strategy for dealing with disruption "non– reinforcement." Skinner's theory claims that "non–reinforcement leads to extinction of behavior." By ignoring disruptive behavior, a teacher can extinguish it. Eventually, the disruptive student will realize that their behavior will not gain any response will seek another way to belong to the group. There are many ...Get more content on HelpWriting.Net...