programmed learning

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Girl student writing in her notebook in classroom in school.

10 Common Questions Kids Have About School, Life, and Being a Student

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Pro and Con: Standardized Tests

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Pro and Con: Teacher Tenure

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Pro and Con: Homework

Empty classroom, school

Pro and Con: School Vouchers

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Just How Many Oceans Are There?

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution

The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution

Bar graph of the United States Death Toll during major events. Infogram chart.

U.S. Death Toll During Major Events

World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

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7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

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Also Known As	programmed instruction

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branching programming linear programming teaching Socratic method computer-assisted instruction monitorial system team teaching teacher education test of teaching knowledge phonics

Key People

B.F. Skinner

B.F. Skinner

American psychologist