Some ways I would define mastery of my lesson from a behaviorist view is to start off my lesson with simple tasks that they can all do, and assess by asking questions of understanding and slowly build on the level of difficulty. By doing this I will build their self-efficacy and guide them towards the master level. The mastery would come in the form of their grades ultimately. I use primary reinforcers when I give test results back. Those that got the A's receive candy (an extrinsic reinforcement) and I hope that this will stimulate some intrinsically to get the desired grade so they too can get candy. An example of a secondary reinforcer I have used is when we held a student spot light this semester at my school. I gave awards out to those that have accomplished outstanding achievements.
From a social cognitive view in reinforcing mastery, I plan on writing small comments on students work when I hand them back. Just like you have done on our essays. I will write comments where I see that they have mastered an idea or concept of my topic at hand. Another example of this is the use of symbolic models that influence behaviors. My students learn from watching each other for the desired outcome mostly, but I also plan on using famous Hispanic people as models they all know and recognize that have made a positive impact on society or in history.
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