When we had discussed these two ideas in class, I think I am more on the side of functional analysis. Why? Well, just because that question. There are always reasons for students behavior and teachers should know why to see if they can help the student. To the student, it may show some humanity from the teacher if the teacher inquires; it shows that the teacher cares.
We had talked about some ideas in class that can play a part of it all, and what we can do to help. That was very helpful. Gave us ideas on how we can change the behavior around and get a positive action out of it.
In my opinion, I think Operant Conditioning only work for the lower grades when the teacher needs to reinforce good behavior because it's a life skill the students will need to know. With positive reinforcement being more effective, this helps reinforce the skill taught in the lower grades. As the students get into the higher grades, they don't care for getting stickers, check marks, or marbles to go towards something. They'll behave the want to, so that is why I like Functional Analysis a bit more. I think you can use it in many different grades and still be effective.
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