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  1. American Institute for Research, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    A. A. Lumsdaine (Program director for training and education)

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This description of the current development of teaching machines presents valuable background information for understanding the part such self-teaching devices may play in modifying teaching techniques.

His most recent book, Learning from Films, edited jointly with Mark A. May, was published by the Yale University Press in 1958.

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Lumsdaine, A.A. Teaching machines and self-instructional materials. AVCR 7, 163–181 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02767482

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