Deliberate Dumbing Down of America Public Education

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Glossary

measurement (Critical component of Skinnerian operant conditioning) measurement by objectives (In education, means only the prepared script will be taught and tested, or teach to the test [See Glossary for Quality ]) merit pay (Tied to teacher performance, effectiveness; whether performance results in student achievement [See Glossary for Quality ]) modeling (Performing behavior teacher wants students to copy) monitoring (Observing behavior of student and teacher; teacher behavior must be monitored daily and weekly to make sure teacher doing prepared script correctly, like an actor per forming before his audience) neurological (Response which strictly deals with the nervous system; in education, related to operant conditioning which bypasses the brain; often referred to as “knee-jerk”) observe, observation (Of student and teacher [See monitoring above]) operant conditioning, behavior modification (At every step, immediate feedback or reward desirable, immediate repetition and elaboration of the correct response used) outcome-based education (Known as OBE; formerly known as mastery learning combined with Competency-Based Education) outcomes (Results, performance, competencies, standards, achievement) overt response (Can be measured and timed; very important in Direct Instruction, DISTAR/ ECRI-type programs since Skinner said a response must be oral; why children are required to respond in unison and orally) penalize (Mostly in regard to teachers who “just don’t get it”; cut their classroom supplies, give them bad performance rating, etc., get rid of them by any means [early retirement, etc.] and hire teachers trained in TQM) penalize failure (School doesn’t “produce” desired results, using the “systems design/approach”; state departments of education will know teachers aren’t teaching the script, aren’t teach ing to the test, aren’t using programmed learning, operant conditioning; school will be punished in order to get the results required by Goals 2000 and School to Work.) performance-based (Outcome, result, achievement, standards, competency-based, necessary for workforce training) precise (Exact, able to be “measured”) predictable (Able to be accurately predicted because dependent on measurement and is sci entifically based; does not allow for free will) predictable response (If operant conditioning is used, one can predict the response; it is virtu ally a “sure” thing; automatic response which bypasses the brain) programmed learning (Independent learning by a pupil, who advances little by little, through a series of questions, the answers to which are given elsewhere in the programmed text book or computer software program; computer-assisted-instruction)