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B.F. Skinner is a behaviorist theorist.  He believed that the best way to understand behavior is to look at the cause of an action and its consequences.  He called this approach operant conditioning. (Mcleod 2018) B.F. Skinner develops three different responses which are positive reinforcement, Negative reinforcement, and punishment.  He conducted a study on animals first instead of humans.  To show positive reinforcement, he put a rat in a small box.  He placed a lever in the box, and as the rat knocked the lever over, food came in the box.  The rat continued the behavior because it knew food would appear.  To show negative reinforcement he placed a rat in a small box.  The rat would get an electric shock as it moved around the box.  To make the shocks stop the rat had to move the lever, and the electric shocks would turn off.  The rat learned that if it touched the lever it would no longer feel pain because the electric shock is turned off. Last, punishment is wanting to get rid of negative behavior to increase the positive response.  B.F. Skinner theorist is used every single day.
www.simplypsychology.org/operant-conditioning.html.

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Lev Vygotsky is a cognitive theorist.  He believed that social interaction plays a critical role in children learning. (Good Therapy 2016) Imitation, guided learning, and collaborative learning all play a crucial part in his theory. (Good Therapy 2016)  He developed what some people use today which is the zone of proximal development.  Zone of proximal development is children first can learn independently, but then with the help of others, they can learn much more.

www.goodtherapy.org/famous-psychologists/lev-vygotsky.html

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Howard Gardner is a cognitive theorist. He was born July 11, 1943.   He is an education professor at Harvard University.  He created a theory called multiple intelligence in 1983.  He believed that there is more than one way to teach so that students can learn.  The eight intelligence are listed below:
1.    Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence – very good at reading, writing, and communicating with people verbally.
2.    Logical-Mathematical Intelligence- very good at numbers, math equations, problem-solving, excellent critical thinking skills.
3.    Visual-Spatial Intelligence- very good at memorizing, drawing, and creating a vision that is visualized, and detailed oriented.
4.    Naturalistic Intelligence- very good at science, and using the environment to learn.
5.    Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence- very good at creating objects, body expression, sports, and dancing.
6.    Interpersonal Intelligence- very good at socializing with others and working in a group
7.    Intrapersonal Intelligence- keep to yourself and instead work alone
8.    Musical-Intelligence- very good at creating music, playing instruments, and singing.

infed.org/mobi/howard-gardner-multiple-intelligences-and-education/.

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Below, you will find exciting facts about all three theorists.  All theorist have theories that pertain to the child.  B.F.Skinner is the only theorist whose theory is based on how children behave.  Howard Gardner developed a theory of how children can think and learn.  Lev Vygotsky also developed a theory about how children can think and learn.  One is based on different ways to teach a child based on how they learn and another theory is how children learn but interaction plays a major part.  Both Vygotsky and Gardner's theory connect with each other.  All three theorist have a lot of experience with psychology.  These theorist became excellent teachers and taught psychology at prestigious universities.

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I ask myself do we use these theories in today's society? The answer is yes we do.  With B.F. Skinner’s theory, we use it every single day in the classroom.  Every classroom has a reward system of some sort.  The most popular reward system is using a program called Class Dojo.  Class Dojo is an excellent tool to use in the classroom.  Every child has their own emoji.  The teacher can go in and assign certain criteria of their choice points.  Such things like staying in sit, completing work, being respectful, turning in work.  The teacher can either use their phone or display on a smartboard to give out points.  Parents can also receive messages and checkpoints to see how their child day is going.  Howard Gardner's theory is used a lot with technology.  Anything from kids dancing and singing to learning, learning on IPads, using technology to get hands-on growing plants and animals, using fun apps to encourage movement in the gym.  So many ideas come to my head that applies to this theory.  Lev Vygotsky's theory is excellent because children can partner up and create projects using technology, teachers can use smart boards to teach from, interactive trips and visits from outside of the classroom can come to the classroom.  I will continue to use all three theories inside my own classroom.

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Mcleod, Saul. “Skinner's Theory of Operant Conditioning.” Simply Psychology, Simply Psychology, 2018, www.simplypsychology.org/operant-conditioning.html.

“Lev Vygosky.” Good Theroagy, Good Theropy, 3 July 2015, www.goodtherapy.org/famous-psychologists/lev-vygotsky.html.

Mith, Mark. “Howard Gardner, Multiple Intelligences and Education.” Infed.org, 25 Apr. 2013, infed.org/mobi/howard-gardner-multiple-intelligences-and-education/.

Wikipedia. “Howard Gardner.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 7 July 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Gardner.

Wikipedia. “B. F. Skinner.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 11 July 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._F._Skinner.

“Lev Vygotsky.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 11 July 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Vygotsky.