Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Emotional Atyachaar Response

Here is Arun Mantri, IIMB'79. I suspect some of the stuff has been taken from the net and not posting it in toto for fear of copyright violation claims.

Thanks Tiger Manjit for moving this to a higher plane:
REMEMBER GOPAL VALECHA's class on B F Skinner :
according to Skinner, there are five main obstacles to learning:
  1. People have a fear of failure.
  2. The task is not broken down into small enough steps.
  3. There is a lack of directions.
  4. There is also a lack of clarity in the directions.
  5. Positive reinforcement is lacking.
Skinner suggests that any age-appropriate skill can be taught using five principles to remedy the above problems:
  1. Give the learner immediate feedback.
  2. Break down the task into small steps.
  3. Repeat the directions as many times as possible.
  4. Work from the most simple to the most complex tasks.
  5. Give positive reinforcement.

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