Welcome to CEP 800. This page serves as a collection of my work for Psychology of Learning in Schools and Other Settings, with a focus on behaviorism, motivation, and how learning theories apply in real educational contexts. Here you will find reflections, assignments, reading responses, and examples of how course concepts connect to my experiences as an educator.
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Theory of Learning
Read more: Theory of LearningLearning as a Living Tree Learning is a living process that grows through connection and purpose. It begins in community, is sparked by curiosity, strengthened through exploration, deepened through reflection, and sustained by the people, tools, and world in which we live. Learning takes hold in what we already know and who we are, then…
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Learning in Schools: What We Say We Do vs. What Students Actually Experience
Read more: Learning in Schools: What We Say We Do vs. What Students Actually ExperienceSchools regularly point to learning theory as justification for instructional practices, but the way those theories are used in classrooms rarely reflects how learning actually occurs for students. The gap is not about teachers misunderstanding theory, but about schools attempting to layer multiple theories at once without creating the conditions that make any of them…
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Information Processing Model with AI
Read more: Information Processing Model with AIIf you walk into my classroom during math time, you will probably hear us singing. Skip-count songs are one of my favorite tools for teaching multiplication because they really work! Kids connect to rhythm and melody much faster than to a plain list of numbers. I have seen the magic firsthand. A student who struggles…
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Operant Conditioning with ChatGPT
Read more: Operant Conditioning with ChatGPTI asked ChatGPT to relate my love for traveling to OC, and I can see how these have played a role in my life! Positive reinforcements could be cheap flights or lodging. Negative reinforcements would be paying for PreCheck or a nice hotel. Positive punishment would be a charge on an overstuffed carry-on, and finally, a negative…
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Classical Conditioning Mood Board
Read more: Classical Conditioning Mood BoardMy mood board has a few images reflecting Pavlov’s work with dogs. It was fun to read more about him because I never realized his findings were not his original intention. I have added US + NS → CS → CR to show how CC works. I included a silly little GIF of DK hunched over, grabbing…
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Introduction and Learning Myth Reflection
Read more: Introduction and Learning Myth Reflection0:00 Hi, my name is Alexis Flanders. 0:02 My pronouns are she, her. 0:04 I am currently a 3rd grade teacher in the Waverley School District in Lansing. 0:08 I spent 3 years teaching in Arizona and 3 years teaching in Hawaii, and I spent a year being a substitute, learning the Lansing area, and…
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