teaching machine

American  

noun

1. an automatic device that presents the user with items of information in planned sequence, registers their response to each item, and immediately indicates the acceptability of each response.

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teaching machine British  

noun

1. a machine that presents information and questions to the user, registers the answers, and indicates whether these are correct or acceptable

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Etymology

Origin of teaching machine

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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teaching machine

The teaching machine in its most ideal form would also allow for freedom of responses to questions posed.

From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2021

While a few p________d l______g textbooks were written, what was really required was a teaching machine that could interactively pace the rate of instruction to the student’s success in mastering the material.

From Forbes ● Oct. 15, 2014

In a science resource lab, two students seated themselves before a teaching machine.

From Time Magazine Archive

After a tour through a giant animated atom, students can test their newly acquired knowledge on a teaching machine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet to regard Miss Edgeworth as a mere teaching machine is to do her gross injustice.

From Maria Edgeworth by Zimmern, Helen