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Tag Archives: B.F. Skinner
Is Free Will Really Free?
I’m sure I’ll live to regret this, but I have the itch to write about free will today. What the heck, it’s Friday, right? I was reading The Desire for Autonomy on one of my favorite blogs, The Creativity Post. In that … Continue reading
Goodbye Teacher
Last week I was reading a blog that discussed different teaching methodologies. One of those methods was Programmed Instruction (PI), a method that was developed by B.F. Skinner. PI dates back to the 1950s when Skinner developed his Teaching Machine. … Continue reading
Posted in Instructional Design, Learner Behavior
Tagged Applied behavior analysis, B.F. Skinner, Behavior Analysis, Columbia University, Education, Fred Keller, fred s keller, Ichabod Crane, Mastery learning, Morse code, personalized system of instruction, PI, programmed instruction, PSI, Signal Corps, World War II
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Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation…a false dichotomy?
I had a fascinating “debate” of sorts with some of my Twitter colleagues two weeks ago. We were discussing the recent article, Freakonomics Goes to School and Teaches Us the Right Way to Bribe Kids, that appeared in The Atlantic … Continue reading
Posted in Learner Behavior
Tagged Angry Birds, Applied behavior analysis, B.F. Skinner, Behavior, Behavior Analysis, behavior management, cognitive learning, Education, extrinsic motivation, Freakonomics, Intrinsic and extrinsic properties, intrinsic motivation, John A. List, Motivation, positive reinforcement, Psychology, reinforcement, skill acquisition, Teacher, teaching, Twitter
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