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Teaching machine

Teaching machines were originally mechanical devices that presented educational materials and taught students. They were first invented by Sidney L. Pressey in the mid-1920s. His machine originally administered multiple-choice questions. The machine could be set so it moved on only when the student got the right answer. Tests showed that learning had…

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Teaching machine → Educational, Skinner, Teaching

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learning teaching machine machines programmed students pressey could skinner reinforcement originally presented later ideas use instructional provided mechanical educational sidney

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open learninginstance ofThe ideas of teaching machines and programmed learning provided the basis for later ideas0.80text
computer-assisted instruction.Illustrations of early teaching machines can be found in the 1960 sourcebookinstance ofThe ideas of teaching machines and programmed learning provided the basis for later ideas0.80text
Teaching Machinesinstance ofThe ideas of teaching machines and programmed learning provided the basis for later ideas0.80text
Programmed Learninginstance ofThe ideas of teaching machines and programmed learning provided the basis for later ideas0.80text
Teaching machinesee alsoEducational0.60section
Teaching machinesee alsoSkinner0.60section
Teaching machinesee alsoTeaching0.60section

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