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its invention was pivotal in education because it allowed for books to be available in far greater numbers and for literature and information to be spread more easily
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museums with supplementary instruction materials such as portable museum exhibits, stenographs, slides, films, etc.
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film officially used as a means of instruction; projectors were used in classrooms
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students were able to listen to lectures through radio
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led to an increase in instructional videos and other technology used in education
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beginning in the decade after the war, research into how audiovisual materials affected learning was conducted
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In the years between the 50s and 90s computers were huge and they were not available to many people.
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stimulated by educational channels set aside by FCC, as well as Ford Foundation funding; continued to be very popular throughout the 50s
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started by Skinner; involved an empirical approach; formative assessment is key
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consisted on six levels of intellectual skills and behaviors deemed important to learning
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in order to compete with the Soviet Union the US poured more money into science and math education
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lessons specify what behavioral outcomes the learning should have for students
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began to replace norm-referenced testing as the main form of testing used in schools; intended to measure how well an individual can perform a certain behavior
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models formed to systematically design instructional materials
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Scriven coined these terms and they later became widespread in the field of education; formative assessment provides students with feedback to help them learn while summative assessment does not and usually occurs at the end of a class or unit.
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The World Wide Web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 and began to spread in use throughout the 90's and became increasingly important and useful in education.
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