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Student Attitude & Performance Theories

This document discusses several theories related to students' attitudes and academic performance: 1) Albert Bandura's social learning theory, which emphasizes observing and modeling behaviors; 2) Daniel Katz's functionalist theory, which suggests attitudes are shaped by personal benefits; 3) Kohn's student-directed learning theory, which promotes student curiosity and cooperation; 4) Walberg's theory of academic achievement, which examines how psychological characteristics and environments influence educational outcomes.

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Student Attitude & Performance Theories

This document discusses several theories related to students' attitudes and academic performance: 1) Albert Bandura's social learning theory, which emphasizes observing and modeling behaviors; 2) Daniel Katz's functionalist theory, which suggests attitudes are shaped by personal benefits; 3) Kohn's student-directed learning theory, which promotes student curiosity and cooperation; 4) Walberg's theory of academic achievement, which examines how psychological characteristics and environments influence educational outcomes.

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This theory is proposed by Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory that

supports student’s attitude and their academic performance. He emphasizes the

importance of observing, modelling, and imitating the behaviors, attitudes, and

emotional reactions of students and his theory also consider the factors of

environmental and cognitive when interacting and influencing student’s learning and

behavior. “Learning doesn’t always lead to a behavioral change” [CITATION Ban \l 1033 ].

He showed that observational learning can occur without the learner demonstrating any

new behavior. If we compare behavioral theory to learning theory, lea

Next theory is studied by Daniel Katz in his theory about Functionalist Theory

that mainly proposed one person’s attitude. He suggests that attitudes are formed

according to how a particular person or thing meets their needs. To a functionalist,

attitudes are shaped based on the personal benefit they offer. For example, when a

student does not feel satisfactory towards online class, so therefore there might be a

sudden changing on their attitudes towards online class. In short, this theory takes view

that attitudes are determined by the functions they serve for us [CITATION Kat \l 1033 ]

This theory supports the student’s academic performance by Kohn’s

Student Directed-Learning Theory. “Skillful educators tap students’ natural curiosity and

desire to become competent. In a learning environment, teachers want to help students

engage with what they are doing to promote understanding” [ CITATION Koh97 \l 1033 ]. He

proposed that this theory is an approach to the classroom management that may result

effectively in the modern classroom environment. And he believes that curiosity and

cooperation can be emphasized on the ideal classroom, and that student’s curiosity

should determine what is taught. He also stated that student-directed learning will keep
the students motivated and teaches them to cooperate with each other when sharing

responsibilities and functions within their community.

Another theory is reported towards students’ academic performance by Walberg.

His theory of academic achievement approaches the influence of students’ academic

performance in learning. He even presumed the psychological characteristics of

students and their immediate psychological environments that may influence

educational outcomes (Reynolds & Walberg, 1992). In an exploration of academic

achievement, Walberg uses a variety of methods to determine the factors that affects

students’ academic performance.

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