Intermittent Schedule

Assalamualaikum,

last time i had promised to tell about the Intermittent Schedule. it is divided into two ; Ratio and Interval.

Ratio Schedule : when the reinforcer is given after a certain amount of response. it is divided into two ; Fixed Ratio and Variable Ratio

Fixed Ratio is when the amount of response is consistant with the reinforcer. for example every 4 pages you read a day, you will be rewarded with 10 marks, or every 10 pages you read you'll recieve a token or a gift.

Variable Ratio is when the amount of response is not fixed upon recieving the reinforcer. for example, today Safiyya finish up 3 ayat's for memorizing, tomorrow she'll memorize 5 pages only then she'll be rewarded, the day after tomorrow she did 7 pages but did not get any reward as yet on the 4th day she'll memorize 8 pgs then she'll be rewarded.

 As for Interval Schedule, it is also divided into two ; Fixed interval and Variable Interval.
Fixed interval is the reinforcer is to response after each x minute. the reinforcer depends on the time that response took. for example, if you read the quran for every 30 minutes a day then you'll get a rest.

Variable Interval  is when the time of responses are not fixed with the time, for example if Ali read the Quran ofr 10 mins then 15 mins then 8 mins then 6 mins, only then shall he be rewarded, let say with a game.

for further info, if you wish to see the results of these schedule :
http://www.behavioralinstitute.org/FreeDownloads/Behavior_Reinforcement/4IntermittentReinforceSchedules_06.pdf

wassalam

we have no class today

although we have no class today but i still have to write my reflection. though you might wonder since we keep on cancelling class, why i haven't been writing anything so far. it's because i was busy with other subjects. insyaAllah i will try to be more regular here....

Reinforcement Schedule

Assalamualaikum,

i'll continue on the reinforcement subject matter. Reinforcemnet schedule is divided into two; continous reinforcement and intermittent reinforcement.

today i'll discuss about the Continous Reinforcement.

it means that every response is reinforced or rewarded. in other words, every actions that were percieved as good will be rewarded. therefore if we would apply it in our memorizing schedule, every page that we memorize each day should be rewarded either by someone else or by oneself. by letting you play game for half an hour after you had finish memorizing a page.

i remember when my nephew and niece stayed over at my parents for the school holidays, i taught them qiraah, the iqra. they are about 6 & 7 years old, still learning how to read the arabic alphabets. they were quite reluctant and lazy to learn and read. so i gave them sweets everytime after we finish reading 1 page a day. it continues everyday like this, he even added 2 more pages as we go on. but later on my sister took over teaching them the iqra and she didn't reward them with anything, so they say that : cik anna used to give us sweets sp where's our sweets?
but my sister never did give them anything. so later on their will to read faded instantly.

hope this will help you understand more....

instrumental conditioning

Assalamualaikum,

I was thinking of another better way to learn memorizing the quran....
last time we learned about this great theory, introduced by B.F. skinner and thorndike. it is called insrtumental conditioning, also known as operant conditioning.
this theory introduce the rewards and punishments method.
today i'll explain directly to positive reinforcement, which involves the presentation of a stimulus after the response.
one of it is an ACTIVITY REINFORCER , to memorize the Quran faster, we should make it as an activity reinforcer, where, maybe get into groups to memorize together and ask a friend to check and re-check our memorization. then reward ourselves with a good reward after this sort of activity. for example, after completing the memorizing certain verses of Quran we may reward ourselves with some special treatment... let say, going shopping, relaxing with spa's. though this seems to be a bit in the high end dictionary, let's take more simple example like maybe play around the park, treat with delicious delicacies.

complete maze

Assalamualaikum,

finally our group had  finish constructing a second maze for our pet hamster. alhamdulliah.
our first maze was made for baby turtles, who turned out to be very slow for us to train them in this short time of period, therefore we decided to change our experiment to hamsters, which we thought would be easier to handle. unfortunately me and my group members find it a bit hard to hold the hamsters. we would scream and startle and laugh about it. we will still use the hamsters since it is easy to be taught.

wassalam.....

other concepts of classical conditioning

Assalamualaikum,
i have posted earlier on applying classical conditioning in memorizing the quran. there are some concepts we should be aware of.... especially in memorizing the quran.

EXTINCTION

This phenomena occurs when the conditioned stimulus is no longer presented with the unconditioned stimulus after a while it will lead to weaker and weaker conditioned stimulus... as for example if we didn't revise the Quran over and over again, perhaps at the same particular place, soon or later it will fade away. you might tend to forget certain kalimah (word) then you'll forget an ayat (verse).

but don't worry there's another phenomena called spontaneous recovery.

SPONTANEOUS RECOVERY


it is a recurrence of a conditioned response when a period of extinction is followed by a rest period. it means that even after a while we haven't been revising the memorization, but after sometime when we continue to memorize again, it is easier to retrieve the memory/remember the verses. masyaAllah what a great ability!
we could remember eventhough we haven't been memorizing after a while.

TIME CONSTRAIN

Assalamualaikum,

have u tried my suggestion on classical conditioning method??

i on the other hand find it hard right now since there's alot on my plate.
and i'm sure all of us here in iium right now are quite busy with midterms, assignments, and programms etc....
but we still have to manage our time. if you can't find time to memorize, at least find sometime to read the quran over and over, repeatedly, to make your memorization easier.
insyaAllah it will be easy....