Timeout: Eliminating an activity or item that a subject enjoys by removing the person or item from the environment in order to promote a change in behavior. Used by behaviorists to shape behavior. Typically seen as an anger management tool but can also be used to promote learning in another way.

 

Example: Jed has been yelling at his brothers. To stop this behavior his parents put him in time out. Jeb is told to go to his room until he can learn to stop yelling at his brothers.

 

Resources:

http://healthypsych.com/psychology-tools-how-to-take-time-out/

http://www.child-psych.org/2011/05/how-to-effectively-implement-time-out.html

 

Tuning: the process of altering knowledge of how to perform a behavior. One of three modes of learning proposed by Rumelhart and Norman.

 

Example: Jemma runs in her boots. She learns that running in tennis shoes is more effective. She tunes her knowledge on how best to run and uses tennis shoes.

 

Resources:

http://www.dsoergel.com/UBLIS571DS-06.1a-1Reading10RumelhartAccretionTuningAndRestructuring.pdf

http://www.instructionaldesign.org/theories/modes-learning.html