| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xvi, 156 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
The Commonwealth and international library : psychology division ; 363
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Commonwealth and international library. Psychology division ; 363.
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 143-153. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Evaluation of training ; Experiments on training ; Limitations of training ; Training problems ; Types of task ; Skilled behaviour -- Knowledge of results. Removing feedback ; Action and learning feedback ; Information and incentive ; A classification ; Intrinsic or artificial ; Concurrent or terminal ; Immediate or delayed ; Verbal or non-verbal ; separate or accumulated ; Guidance. Restricting alternatives ; Types of guidance ; animal work ; Human maze learning ; Mazes and forced-response ; Adjustive skills ; Graded movements ; Knowledge of alternatives -- Visual methods. Visual guidance ; Changes in display ; Visual magnification ; Imitation ; Static visual aids ; Moving films -- Words and actions. Verbal and motor learning ; Verbal and motor behaviour ; Instructions ; Pre-differentiation ; Verbal pre-training ; Verbal guidance and hints -- Practice. Learning curves ; Speed and accuracy ; Part and whole mehods ; Progression ; Massed and spaced practice ; Residual effects ; Mental practice -- Transfer of training. Sameness and difference ; Relations between tasks ; Negative transfer ; Long-term effects ; Task difficulty ; Transfer of principles -- Programmed learning. Teaching machines ; Motor learning ; Linear programmes ; Programme characteristics ; Branching programmes ; Comparison of methods ; Evaluation -- Recommendations. General ; Specific ; Further reading. |
| Subject |
Learning, Psychology of.
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Learning, Psychology of. |
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