What and teaching machines are products of behaviorist learning theory

Programmed instruction and teaching machines are products of behaviorist learning theory.

Behaviorist theory, also known as stimulus-response theory, is one of the major schools of learning theory today.

In 1954, the founder of program teaching, the American psychologist Skinner in (the science of learning and the art of teaching) pointed out the shortcomings of traditional teaching: students in the learning of the stimulus or control can not make the students enjoyable, or even disgusting; students in the learning of the number of reinforcement is too small and the timing of the reinforcement is inappropriate; the learning process is not a gradual progression to achieve the learning goals, lack of reasonable The learning process is not progressive to achieve the learning goals and lacks a rational learning process. According to the status quo of teaching, Skinner believes that the use of teaching machines can solve many of these problems, and thus many people began to be interested in teaching machines and program teaching, and aspire to overcome the shortcomings of traditional teaching.