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Teaching Machine, Ray Multitester

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    Object Details

    maker

    Ray, Joseph

    Description

    This apparatus tested the ability of children to generalize. Paper tapes of pairs of pictures were shown to the child being tested, who then selected the "correct" member of each pair. There were twenty pairs altogether. The tapes were mounted on a drum operated by two response keys, one for pictures on the left, one for those on the right. Pressing the "correct" response caused the drum to go forward and a green light to flash. "Incorrect" responses caused a flash of red light.
    Joseph James Ray (1894-1975), who developed the machine,studied psychology as a graduate student of Joseph Peterson at Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee. He filed a patent for this "educational device" on September 2, 1937, and received it May 2, 1939 (U.S. Patent 2,157,058).
    For related objects, see 1985.0815.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth D. Ray

    date made

    1935

    ID Number

    1979.0853.01

    accession number

    1979.0853

    catalog number

    1979.0853.01

    Object Name

    Teaching Machine

    Measurements

    overall: 19 cm x 23 cm x 26 cm; 7 15/32 in x 9 1/16 in x 10 1/4 in

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    Medicine and Science: Mathematics
    Teaching Machines

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Subject

    Psychology

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-6172-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1196288

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