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Charles Ferster

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Charles Bohris Ferster, who lived from 1 November 1922 to 3 February 1981, was an American behavioral psychologist. A pioneer of applied behavior analysis, he developed errorless learning and was a colleague of B. F. Skinner at Harvard University, co-authoring with him the book Schedules of Reinforcement in 1957. Errorless learning is an instructional design that he introduced in the 1950s as part of his studies on what would make the most effective learning environment.

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Charles Bohris Ferster (1 November 1922 – 3 February 1981) was an American behavioral psychologist.
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    he developed errorless learning
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    A pioneer of applied behavior analysis, he developed errorless learning and was a colleague of B.F. Skinner's at Harvard University, co-authoring the book Schedules of Reinforcement (1957).
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    A pioneer of applied behavior analysis, he developed errorless learning and was a colleague of B.F.
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