The Application of Reward and Punishment in Teaching Adolescents

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10.2991/assehr.k.210325.045How to use a DOI?

Keywords

reward and punishment, behaviorism theory, teaching adolescents

Abstract

Behaviorism theory proposes reward and punishment to help students succeed in learning. The implementation of rewards and punishment in teaching adolescents may bring some positive impacts on students learning. This paper explores how existing literature discusses the notion of rewards and punishment in the context of learning and how the rewards and punishment could affect students’ learning theoretically. This paper also reviews what sort of activities teachers can do to implement rewards and punishment in a proper way. To answer these questions, the so-called ‘library research’ has been conducted. This was done by browsing, reading, and critically reviewing some related secondary sources such as books, journal articles. This study found that theoritically rewards would increase students’ motivation to learn and work harder. The rewards and punishment will also increase students’ interest in a particular subject. This will lead to a situation where rewards can motivate students to have good performance. In conclusion, this study indicates that if implemented wisely, rewards and punishment would bring a lot of positive effects on students’ motivation and performance.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sri Andriani Sidin
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/03/26
TI  - The Application of Reward and Punishment in Teaching Adolescents
BT  - Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Language and Arts (ICLA 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 251
EP  - 255
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210325.045
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210325.045
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