A thesis in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master in
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The Law of EffectThorndike‟s Law of Effect derives from the idea that pleasant prior occurrences encourage responses to be repeated, while unpleasant prior occurrences gradually discourage such responses to be repeated. In fact, he even stated that those behavioral responses that were closely followed by satisfactory results were more likely to become established patterns and to occur again in a response to the same stimulus. He called these pleasant events „satisfiers‟ and unpleasant events „annoyers‟. 43
This law can be applied in a classroom situation that has been equipped with ICTs. For example, if students are not paying attention in the classroom because they are not capable of handling the use of the computers, they will distract the teacher and the teacher will not be able to teach effectively. In fact the teacher will become de-motivated and his or her effort to create interest among his students may fail. In addition, the teacher may react hostilely and as such introduce annoyers into the teaching, making the learning experience less conducive. Subsequently, with the less satisfying response, the students too lose concentration and together this exacerbates the deteriorating condition in the learning process in the class. Therefore, students will not gain any benefit from the lesson and their interest in ICT application will also diminish. In this case, there will be no satisfying state of affairs and the lesson will become a complete annoyance. However, if the students realize that by being attentive and showing interest to the teacher‟s lesson in order to gain knowledge and skill in using the ICT, the 44
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