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Why We Need Teaching Machines

Harvard Educational Review (1961). Volume: 31, Issue: 4. Pages: 377-398.

Current Suggestions et al.

In 1954, B. F. Skinner published his first discussion of teaching machines utilizing the results of experimental investigations on the effects of reinforcement in learning. Since that time many educators and psychologists have become interested in the technical and ethical issues involved in programmed instruction. In this article Professor Skinner discusses specific types of teaching machines and the particular types of "learning" possible through the use of these machines.

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