Observational Learning

Students can learn by observing and modeling others' behaviors, attitudes, skills, and emotional expressions, without imitating the skills or behavior

Image to the left states, "Behavior is learned through watching and replicating others"

A great alternative to other learning styles because it is "no trial", no reinforcement, and is a model of social learning

Peer observation is key to injuctive and descriptive norms, which teach people how to behave and influence their actual behaviors, respectively

Students pay more attention to their peers than to authoritative figures, thus, observational learning can be a useful type of learning

teachers should know, Learning vs Performance. Learning: observing and performance: the ability to replicate the task

Stages: attention, retention, initiation, motivation (Bandura)

Worked best when students can repeat the steps to what they are learning and were rewarded rather than just instructed