What Does Instruction Mean?

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"Instruction, defined functionally, produces behavior changes" (p. 43)

 Barrett, Beatrice H. (2002) The Technology of Teaching Revisited: A Reader's Companion to B.F. Skinner's Book. Concord, MA. Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.            http://www.behavior.org/

 

If the instructor's actions did not change student behavior, was instruction effective? 

Tip: If you are not effectively changing behavior within 3 days of instruction, try changing your method again and again.

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