Module 4: Reinforcement Activity


I conducted the listening quiz with my husband and documented his answers versus the correct answers. While asking him to write 1-8 on the left-hand side, he questioned it, but I did not give him an answer, nor did I repeat it, and he correctly wrote numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, …8. After conducting the activity, he wanted to try and complete the other questions, which he found frustrating but was able to answer some of the questions correctly.

Challenge questions:

  1. A man builds a square house and all sides face south, a bear comes to the door and rings the doorbell. What color is the bear?


His answer: No color listed / Brown

Correct answer: White- it’s a polar bear (the only place you can build a house with 4 sides facing South is the North Pole).


  1. You walk into a COLD DARK room and in the COLD DARK room, you see a candle, a kerosene lamp, an oil heater, and a fireplace with paper and kindling. (say this a bit quickly). You have one match in your matchbox, which do you light FIRST, for maximum HEAT?


His answer: Fire/Kindling

Correct answer: The Match!!


  1. Do they have the fourth of July in England?  


His answer: Well yeah 

Correct answer: YES of course they do; after the 3rd and before the 5th!!



    Storytelling impacts the creation of activities by engaging the learners and intriguing them to build a connection with the scenario. Storytelling is most impactful when it consists of real-life scenarios. In these cases, students will build a connection with let’s say helping a person, they can then recall the steps of CPR building on prior knowledge in a high-stress situation. To drive the learning deeper, learners can be provided with choices throughout the scenarios. Each scenario would ultimately result in different outcomes so it would be up to the student’s judgment and the testing of their own knowledge to determine which route is the best way to go. After receiving the results learners can see what decisions were right or wrong causing reflection on what choices should be made in the future.


    I can use these listening challenges to create similar activities for a class, such as implementing other brain teasers. An activity I found from Teachhub explains the listening challenge: Stand Up and Listen. In this activity, students are to listen closely for a repeated sound, and once hearing it, they must stand up. For example, “I saw my cat, eat a bat, then a rat, before he ran away”. Once familiar with the game, students can pair up and create phrases and present them to the class for the next round. 


    If I were to develop such a challenge, the technique I would implement would be group partners. In this activity, each group will consist of three members, with one member acting as the recorder while the other two members respond to the challenges. Each of the two members would answer the challenges separately. Each member would take turns sitting with the recorder to answer the same three challenges. After each member completes the activity, the group will come together as the recorder presents the answers given versus the correct answers. This activity would promote different perspectives, improved listening skills, and collaboration. 


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