Cumulative Record. Chapter 15: Reflections on a Decade of Teaching Machines. Quote 6

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Post published:December 26, 2022
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The teacher begins with whatever behavior the student brings to the instructional situation; by selective reinforcement, he changes that behavior so that a given terminal performance is more and more closely approximated. (p. 241)

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