Programmed learning

Programmed learning

Programmed Learning is a learning technique first proposed by the Pressey & made popular bybehaviorist B. F. Skinner in 1958. According to Skinner, the purpose of programmed learning is to "manage human learning under controlled conditions". It is similar in some ways to the Saxon method used in some math courses; both methods teach information in small bites rather than trying to tackle an entire subject at once, though programmed learning places less emphasis on repetition than Saxon.

The technique involves self-administered and self-paced learning, in which the student is presented with information in small steps called "frames". Each frame contains a small segment of the information to be learned, and a statement in which the student must fill a blank section, and after each frame the student uncovers the correct answer before advancing to the next frame.

Well-known books using programmed learning include the Lisp/Scheme text "The Little Schemer" by Daniel Friedman and Matthias Felleisen (MIT Press, ISBN 0262560992) and "Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess" (Bantam Books, ISBN 0553263153). Programmed learning is particularly popular in self-teaching textbooks.

External links

* [http://www.dushkin.com/connectext/psy/ch06/prolearn.mhtml Programmed Learning at Exploring Psychology]
* [http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/fretzin/EPL1q2programmed.htm Page at lrs.ed.uiuc.edu]


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