Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning

by Audrey Watters

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How ed tech was born: Twentieth-century teaching machines--from Sidney Pressey's mechanized test-giver to B. F. Skinner's behaviorist bell-ringing box.

Contrary to popular belief, ed tech did not begin with videos on the internet. The idea of technology that would allow students to "go at their own pace" did not originate in Silicon Valley. In Teaching Machines, education writer Audrey Watters offers a lively history of predigital educational...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0262045699

ISBN13:9780262045698

Release Date:August 2021

Publisher:MIT Press

Length:316 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 5.4" x 8.1"

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