Like a good tutor, the [teaching] machine insists that a given point be thoroughly understood, either frame by frame or set by set, before the student moves on. Lectures, textbooks, and their mechanized equivalents, on the other hand, proceed without making sure that the student understands and easily leave him behind. (pp. 197-198)
Cumulative Record. Chapter 13: Teaching Machines. Quote 11
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