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Instructional learning without errors
Errorless learning was an instructional design introduced by psychologist Charles Ferster in the 1950s as part of his studies on what would make the most effective learning environment. B. F. Skinner was also influential in developing the technique. Describing Skinner's 1968 work The Technology of Teaching, Rosales-Ruiz says:In his [Skinner's] system, errors are not necessary for learning to occur. Errors are not a function of learning or vice versa nor are they blamed on the learner. Errors are a function of poor analysis of behavior, a poorly designed shaping program, moving too fast from step to step in the program, and the lack of the prerequisite behavior necessary for success in the program. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Errorless learningA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Errorless, Errorful, and Retrieval Practice for Naming Treatment in Aphasia: A Scoping Review of Learning Mechanisms and Treatment IngredientsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Errorless Learning in Neuropsychological RehabilitationThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Errorless learning in the rehabilitation of memory impaired peopleCited 312 times
- Go sideways: Shaping (psychology)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Stimulus controlA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Errorless learning in the rehabilitation of memory impaired people
The treatment of anomia using errorless learning
ERRORLESS LEARNING: REINFORCEMENT CONTINGENCIES AND STIMULUS CONTROL TRANSFER IN DELAYED PROMPTING
Errorless learning of face-name associations in early Alzheimer's disease
Errorless learning in cognitive rehabilitation: A critical review
The relationship between initial errorless learning conditions and subsequent performance
Are the benefits of errorless learning dependent on implicit memory?
Errorless learning of novel associations in amnesia
🆕 Influential since 2022
Errorless, Errorful, and Retrieval Practice for Naming Treatment in Aphasia: A Scoping Review of Learning Mechanisms and Treatment Ingredients
An Examination of the Contextual Interference Effect and the Errorless Learning Model during Motor Learning
Deliberate Erring Improves Far Transfer of Learning More Than Errorless Elaboration and Spotting and Correcting Others’ Errors
Comparing trial-and-error to errorless learning procedures in training pet dogs a visual discrimination
Errorless Training Benefits Motor Learning and Kinematic Outcomes in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Errorless Learning in Neuropsychological RehabilitationCatherine Haslam, Roy P. C. Kessels · 2017
- 📕Errorless Learning and Rehabilitation of Language and Memory ImpairmentsPaul Conroy, Matthew A. Lambon Ralph · 2012
- 📕Errorless learning and schizophreniaDonna O'Donoghue · 2000
- 📕Errorless learning and schizophreniaDiane Harvey · 2001
- 📕Error and errorless learning on a discrimination apparatusM. E. Rahsotte
Errorless discrimination learning with neurologically impaired childrenRoy V. Ferguson · 1972- 📕Teaching statistics to students who exihibit arithmetic weaknessLinda Jean Goodmurphy · 1995
Memory rehabilitationWilson, Barbara A. · 2009
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