Reflection (week 6) - Embedding Media & Psychological Foundations

I like chocolate with caramel, who doesn't? So, for this exercise I’ll use them to help students to calculate the price per ounces, from different brands.

First of all, student need to get familiar with the product, because it vary in ounces and price, depending of the size and the brand. Therefore, the learning theory of behaviorism could be used to teach students how to calculate and compare the unit cost of different brands like Snickers, Twix and Milky Way individually. We can teach students how to divide the price between the ounces of the product, and they'll practice it until they can perform this mathematical operation by memory.

Then, using the theory of cognitivism, students could know how much is an ounce of each product and then be able to know the estimated cost of the package according to size. Also, using this theory, they’ll be able to determinate which size is better for their convenience (fun size, normal size or large size). Using cognitivism, the teacher give basic instructions and help to guide the students in their own learning process.

Finally, having the information of how much cost an ounce of Snickers, Twix and Milky Way, students can choose which brand is better in price according to the ounces of the package. That's when the theory of constructivism comes in, since students will have their own experience and will built their own opinion of which brand and/or size is best. Students will be the protagonists of their learning, where the teacher is only a guide who will address the discovery process of the students.

By the time that students are able to put into practice what they have learned and can decide on the processes to be applied, in order to obtain good results, we can say that the lesson has been learned since the students were able to create and develop new skills.