The Psychologist B.F. Skinner's The Technology of Teaching

Programmed instruction: A method of teaching that involves breaking down complex material into small steps, with immediate feedback.•Teaching machines: Devices used to deliver programmed instruction, allowing students to work at their own pace.•Immediate feedback: The process of providing students with instant confirmation of their answers, which is crucial for effective learning.•Shaping: A technique where new behavior is developed by reinforcing successive approximations of a desired response.•Prompting and fading: Gradually reducing the amount of assistance given to a student as they learn a new skill.•Verbal behavior: How language is learned and used within the framework of behavior analysis.•Active engagement: Making sure the learner is actively responding to the material.•Self-management: Teaching learners how to manage their own behavior to maximize learning.•Originality: Learning to think creatively and generate novel responses to problems. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.