Behaviorism Timeline
This timeline covers the history of behaviorism in education according to the readings in R511 IT Foundations.
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1865-09-26 17:31:13
Positivism antecedes Behaviorism
Auguste Comte, Ivan Sechenov, Ivan Pavlov, and Vladimir Bekhterev
1911-09-26 17:31:13
Max F. Meyer
develops rudiments of behavioristic psychology
1911-09-26 17:31:13
Thorndike's Theorems
law of recency, effect, exercise
1913-09-26 17:31:13
Joh B Watson's "Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It"
describes behaviorism as a formal system
1926-09-26 17:31:13
Sidney Pressey
invents mechanical device for instruction
1929-09-26 17:31:13
Ralph Tyler
uses behavioral description in curriculum instruction
1930-09-26 17:31:13
Neobehaviorism
Edwin Guthrie, Edward Tolman, and Clark Hull.
1933-03-11 04:12:45
Edwin Guthrie
one trial learning
1938-03-11 04:12:45
Skinner proponent of radical behaviorism
1940-09-26 17:31:13
Franklin Bobbitt
develops modern concept of Behaviorism in "The Curriculum."
1940-09-26 17:31:13
Hullian Era
Hull influential to Kenneth Spence, Neal Miller, Hobart Mowrer, Albert Bandura
1948-09-26 17:31:13
Development of taxonomic analyses
of learning behaviors
1948-12-04 12:33:05
Tolman a purposive behaviorist
1948-12-04 12:33:05
Skinner discusses superstitious behavior
1949-09-26 17:31:13
Tyler Rationale
"in Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction"
1950-09-26 17:31:13
Computer assisted instruction
1950-12-04 12:33:05
Skinner arguest theories get in way
1954-09-26 17:31:13
B. F. Skinner's teaching machine
1956-09-26 17:31:13
Bloom's taxonomy - cognitive domain
1957-12-04 12:33:05
Ferster & Skinner's behavior maintenance
1957-12-04 12:33:05
Schoenfield argues
language learned in one's sociocultural environment
1959-09-26 17:31:13
DAVI convention
focused on AV media
1959-09-26 17:31:13
DAVI Convention
has several sessions on programmed instruction
1960-09-26 17:31:13
Denver pilot program
to train teachers as programmers
1960-09-26 17:31:13
PLATO project
1960-09-26 17:31:13
Programmed tutoring
by Douglas Ellson
1960-09-26 17:31:13
Direct Instruction
by Siegfried Engelmann
1961-09-26 17:31:13
Manhasset Junior High Experiment
in programmed instruction
1962-09-26 17:31:13
Robert Mager's Preparing Instructional Objectives
stimulated interest in behavioral objectives.
1962-09-26 17:31:13
Finn-Perrin survey
Found equal companies in producing machines and developing instruction
1962-09-26 17:31:13
Crowder's branching programming
1962-09-26 17:31:13
National Society for Programmed Instruction
1963-09-26 17:31:13
AV Communication Review
published articles mostly on teaching machines and programmed instruction
1964-09-26 17:31:13
Bloom's Taxonomy - affective domain
1964-09-26 17:31:13
Individually prescribed instruction
Learning Research and Development Center
1964-12-04 12:33:05
Timeout used on autistic boy
with success by Wolf, Risley, and Mees
1965-09-26 17:31:13
Individually Guided Education
Herbert Klausmeier
1965-09-26 17:31:13
James Finn says IT a way of thinking
about instruction
1966-12-04 12:33:05
Azrin & Holz support punishment
as a way to stop a behavior quickly
1967-09-26 17:31:13
CCC founded
by Patrick Suppes, Richard Atkinson, and William Estes
1968-09-26 17:31:13
Keller Plan
"personalized" course in psychology
1968-09-26 17:31:13
Skinner coins "technology of teaching"
1969-09-26 17:31:13
Education turns to business for solutions
1969-09-26 17:31:13
TICCIT Project
emphasis on learner control
1970-09-26 17:31:13
AECT is born
1971-12-04 12:33:05
Locke supports punishment
to stop self-abuse in children with special needs
1972-09-26 17:31:13
Performance Contracting Ends
1972-09-26 17:31:13
Harrow's Taxonomy - psychomotor domain
1972-09-26 17:31:13
Robert Gagne's Taxonomy
1972-12-04 12:33:05
Sulzer & Mayer offer conditions for timeout