Affective Behavior Affective behavior refers to emotion

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Affective Behavior
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Affective behavior

• refers to emotion. Feelings such as anger, fear,
  sadness and pleasure.

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Those who love learning, keep on learning.

• Affective variables are excellent predictors of
  students future behavior.

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We measure what we treasure.

• What we test is what we consider important.

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Uses of Affective Measures

• Assess enjoyment of the program
• To determine areas of interest
• To assess change in attitude
• To determine areas of disinterest
• Teacher/student match
• Motivation
• Reducing anxiety

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Ways to give the affective test.

• Select non-controversial attitudes to test.
• Guarantee anonymity for the students.
• Use only checkmarks or Xs.
• Have students collect the questionnaires.
• Dont call it a test (call it a questionnaire).
• Dont hover around students while they are
  testing.
• Assess at beginning of the year and again at the
  end.

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Types of Measures

• Rating scales
• Forced-choice inventories
• Questionnaires
• Likert scale
• Semantic differential scale
• Perceived exertion scale

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Information regarding students affect can help
teachers teach more effectively on a day-to-day
basis.

• If you discover students are bored and
  disinterested in the content youre presenting,
  then you can change the lesson.

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Content

• 20-30 statements.
• 3 points for a positive answer.
• 2 points for unsure.
• 1 point for agreeing with a negative statement or
  disagreeing with a positive statement.
• Higher score more positive
• Lower score less positive

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• Each variable must be represented by a positive
  and a negative statement.

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Your students will benefit now and in the years
to come!