Behaviourism

CC by-nc Andrew Pollard

Behaviourism
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Practice should take the form of question - answer

frames which expose the student to the subject in
gradual steps

Require that the learner make a response for every

frame and receive immediate feedback

Try to arrange the difficulty of the questions so the

response is always correct and hence a positive
reinforcement

Ensure that good performance in the lesson is paired

with secondary reinforcers such as verbal praise,
prizes and good grades.

BBC Bitesize

Mangahigh

CIMT MEP

Computer assisted
Learning
A brief history

Thorndike, 1912
If, by a miracle of mechanical
ingenuity, a book could be so
arranged that only to him who had
done what was directed on page
one would page two become
visible, and so on, much that now
requires personal instruction could
be managed by print.

Pressey, 1920s
The teaching machine that Pressey developed
resembled a typewriter carriage with a window
that revealed a question having four answers. On
one side of the carriage were four keys. The user
pressed the key that corresponded to the correct
answer. When the user pressed a key, the
machine recorded the answer on a counter to the
back of the machine and revealed the next
question. After the user was finished, the person
scoring the test slipped the test sheet back into
the device and noted the score on the counter.
http://www.coe.uh.edu/courses/cuin6373/idhistory/pressey.html

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2010

Personalisation

Across the public sector

Choice and voice

Assessment for Learning

Assessment of Pupils Performance

Adaptive Learning Design

The personal online

space
In the future it will be more than
simply a storage place - a digital space
that is personalised, that remembers
what the learner is interested in and
suggests relevant web sites, or alerts
them to courses and learning
opportunities that fit their needs.
Ruth Kelly's introduction to Harnessing Technology, 2005

Schools white paper

Personalisation means a tailored

education for every child and
young person

It means every pupil being able to

extend their learning and develop
their interests and aptitudes

Good schools already use ICT to

set and mark work online and to
link the classroom and home

By 2008 all schools will be able to

offer access to e-learning resources
both in and out of school. We will
encourage all schools to make
available a personal online space
to every pupil

IMS LD

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RM Maths

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The Maths Factor

Scratch for cal

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