My few experiences with programmed learning were negative: I quickly supplied the missing word in each frame, moved rapidly through the program, and forgot everything I had “learned” soon after I fi...

My few experiences with programmed learning were negative: I quickly supplied the missing word in each frame, moved rapidly through the program, and forgot everything I had “learned” soon after I fi nished. But I agree with Skinner about my college education, which did little to promote a love of learning on my part. And I fear that this textbook may prove diffi cult for those who have not been prepared to deal with technical material, which cannot provide the frequent reinforcement so common in our newspapers and magazines