Explore the foundations of teaching and learning with key figures like B.F. Skinner and E.L. Thorndike. Delve into behaviorism, Thorndike's Law of Effect, and the use of reinforcement in live classes. Earn Ryan points and enjoy engaging discussions on the Piazza forum.
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B.F. Skinner One of the founders of behavioral psychology Wrote psychology books Also wrote Walden Two, a book on intentional communities
E.L. Thorndike Another key early figure in behavioral psychology and psychometrics
Behaviorism Human psychology can be understood through behavior Behavior can be changed through reinforcement and punishment
Thorndikes Law of Effect Responses that produce a desired effect are more likely to occur again whereas responses that produce an unpleasant effect are less likely to occur again."
Skinner describes Classrooms where the child works to avoid mildly aversive events -- the teacher's displeasure, criticism or ridicule, low marks, a trip to the principal's office. Have things changed?
Punishment If the heavy use of punishments for behavior (as is reported for charter schools) reduces school violence, dropout, and failure, is it worth the costs?
Quantified Self Who here has a FitBit? Has it worked for you?
Quantified Self Who here has a FitBit? Do you think it has worked for you?
Quantified Self Who here does other quantified self work on themselves?
Quantified Self For the last several years, I've tracked a variety of metrics about myself. It's helped me determine that caffeine doesn't reduce my sleep and that ambien and benadryl help me sleep more; has helped me reduce my cholesterol from high to normal; has helped me lose weight; and measure the career impact of teaching a MOOC. Am I crazy?
Learning Machine What does Skinner propose for a learning machine?
Modern Learning Software Modern learning software is at its simplest/worst identical to what Skinner proposed; simple stimulus and response; drill. But a lot of learning software goes a lot further than that. We'll discuss some richer examples later in the semester.
Modern Learning Software Modern learning software is at its simplest/worst identical to what Skinner proposed; simple stimulus and response; drill. But a lot of learning software goes a lot further than that. We'll discuss some richer examples later in the semester. That having been said: is even drill software better than the status quo? For multiplication tables or foreign language vocabulary, say?
Breakout room discussion groups Go to your breakout group number Talk amongst yourselves What are the positives and negatives of immediate reinforcement? Let s try 8 minutes
Other key contributions from Thorndike Mathematical equations demonstrating how improvement in learning is often rapid at first and slower later Antecedents of the kinds of equations used in frameworks like ACT-R, which we ll discuss later in the semester Antecedents of neuroscience and connectionist models
Breakout room discussion groups Go to your breakout group number Talk amongst yourselves What would Skinner like and dislike about the charter schools discussed in Hope Against Hope?
If theres time If learning and growth depends on a combination of variation and selection (Thorndike), how can we encourage each of these processes in our educational system? Post in the chat window on how we can encourage variation
