Behaviorism

I remember in my second grade class my teacher had a card system. The system had a green card, a yellow card and a red card. If the teacher told me to pull my card that means I had to pull my green card and put it behind my red card so that my yellow card was showing. The yellow card was the teacher giving me a warning, meaning that if i had to pull my card again that day then i would have to sit out of recess. I always remember being so upset when my teacher told me to pull my card. Looking back at this now I realize that this is an example of negative punishment because my teacher is taking something away because of my bad behavior. I have also realized that this was a very successful strategy to keep the class in order, especially me.

Metacognition

    Metacognition is essential for good learning because it helps a student to take the best approach to help the student learn the material and retain the information. By using metacognitive strategies such as self-planning and self-monitoring a student can become aware of the different ways that help them succeed. If a teacher provides examples of metacognitive strategies to the students, the students could be more apt to using metacognitive thinking. As the students use metacognition they will not only improve their success in the classroom but also improve their learning capabilities. 

Here is a video of metacognition in mathematics Video.