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Download full textParis, Scott G.; Cairns, Robert B. – 1971
The effectiveness of positive and negative evaluative comments for children's learning was assessed in a two-choice discrimination task. Results indicate that negative comments after incorrect responses greatly facilitated learning while positive comments after correct responses had little effect. To explain the findings, a naturalistic analysis…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Elementary School Students, Learning, Learning Motivation
Moore, J. William; Holmes, Suzy – 1969
Seventy-two sixth graders, stratified on the basis of sex and two levels of IQ (high and low) were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups: (1) Group I (success only); (2) Group II (failure only); and (3) Group III (success and failure). These subjects (Ss) were used to investigate the effects of verbally controlled success and failure…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Failure, Learning, Learning Experience
Edwards, Thomas O. – 1970
The development of learning theory and its application to computer-assisted instruction (CAI) are described. Among the early theoretical constructs thought to be important are E. L. Thorndike's concept of learning connectisms, Neal Miller's theory of motivation, and B. F. Skinner's theory of operant conditioning. Early devices incorporating those…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Development, Educational History, Educational Research
Gordon, Edmund W., Ed. – 1967
This IRCD Bulletin issue contains two papers. One, by Harold L. Cohen, summarizes two of his previously prepared papers in which he discusses his approach to learning behaviors. He describes the use of reinforcements as motivators for academic and social learning at a Federal correctional institution. Cohen states that "The design and use of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Behavior Change, Behavior Theories
Yeshiva Univ., New York, NY. Ferkauf Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences. – 1966
This conference report consists of two presented papers and a selected bibliography. The paper by Joan Gussow, "Behavioral Management and Educational Goals," is concerned with operant conditioning as a theory of learning and an instructional method. Basing their methods on the work of B.F. Skinner, educators who are proponents of this…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Conditioning
Nunnally, Jum C. – 1968
The research concerned the association of neutral objects, such as nonsense syllables, with rewards, such as money and candy, in children. Thirty-six subjects were obtained from grades two through six of local public elementary schools in Nashville, Tennessee. Associations between neutral objects and rewards were formed in a task concerning…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Attention Control, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning
Bortner, Rayman W., Ed.; And Others – 1974
The proceedings consist of 11 papers grouped in two major categories: the context of adult learning (social significance and fact and fiction about adult learning) and the utilization of learning models for adult instruction. Contributors are Floyd B. Fischer, George L. Maddox, Rolf H. Monge, Eric F. Gardner, Arthur W. Combs, William J. Hoyer,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Cognitive Processes
