Teaching machine
Máquina de enseñar
- Date
- c. 1924 · confidence medium
- Place
- Columbus, Ohio, United States
- Credited to
- Sidney L. Pressey, with later developments by B. F. Skinner
- Field
- Tools
What it is
The teaching machine is a mechanical device that presents multiple-choice questions and only advances when the student answers correctly, a precursor of programmed instruction and machine-assisted teaching.
What it led to
- programmed instruction
- computer-assisted instruction
- adaptive educational software
- behaviorist learning theories applied to education