Object Details
- IBM
- Description
- This gray and silver-colored machine has a metal base with a hinged metal cover over the back section. Inside this is a metal and plastic mechanism driving a paper tape. The machine was designed to teach arithmetic and spelling to grade school students. A plastic window in the lid reveals a question on the paper tape. On the base of the machine there are ten columns of holes; each column is labeled along its side with "+", "-", the digits from 9 to 0 and then the letters from a to z. A student enters answers by moving a lever down the appropriate column to the desired number or letter. A light bulb is on the right of the machine, above the paper tape (entering the correct answer may light up the bulb). A counter is inside the machine and a handle on the side advances the paper tape. A rubber cord with plug extends from the back of the machine. According to the donor, this is an improvement on the machine he demonstrated in Pittsburgh in 1954.
- Compare 1981.0997.01.
- Reference:
- Accession file.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of B. F. Skinner
- after 1954
- ID Number
- 1984.1069.01
- accession number
- 1984.1069
- catalog number
- 1984.1069.01
- Object Name
- teaching machine
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 40 cm x 42 cm x 58 cm; 15 3/4 in x 16 17/32 in x 22 27/32 in
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Teaching Machines
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Education
- Psychology
- Record ID
- nmah_690060
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-0b0a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
