# Teaching Machines **Domain:** Education Technology / Automation **Doc Type:** Technology Node **Maturity:** Developing **Related:** [[Programmed Instruction]], [[Learning Automata]], [[Adaptive Courseware]], [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]] --- ## Definition Mechanical or electronic devices that present instructional material, solicit responses and control progression through a program. ## Kybernetiks Context [[Sidney Pressey]] and [[B. F. Skinner]] represent the American behaviorist lineage; [[Helmar Frank]] connects teaching machines to pedagogical cybernetics. ## Backlinks [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]] · [[articles/Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks|Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]] ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > "Making people think is the best that a machine can achieve." > **— Gerd Gigerenzer**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/Machine Succession/Making People Think Is a Machine’s Highest Achievement by Gerd Gigerenzer|Making People Think Is a Machine’s Highest Achievement by Gerd Gigerenzer]]