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| ABA Program Committee Meeting |
| Sunday, May 30, 2004 |
| 8:00 AM–8:50 AM |
| Beacon H |
| Domain: Applied Research |
| Chair: Ramona Houmanfar (University of Nevada, Reno) |
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| JACK SCOTT (Florida Atlantic University) |
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| AMY ODUM (Utah State University) |
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| KELLY G. WILSON (University of Mississippi) |
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| MARK A. MATTAINI (Jane Addams College of Social Work-UIC), Richard F. Rakos (Cleveland State University) |
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| KENT JOHNSON (Morningside Academy) |
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| JACOB L. GEWIRTZ (Florida International University), Martha Pelaez (Florida International University) |
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| WILLIAM L. PALYA (Jacksonville State University) |
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| LAURA D. FREDRICK (Georgia State University) |
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| JOHN AUSTIN (Western Michigan University) |
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| THOMAS A. BRIGHAM (Washington State University) |
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| DAVID C. PALMER (Smith College) |
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| GENAE HALL (Behavior Analysis & Intervention Services) |
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| B. F. Skinner Tribute Event - Skinner Was Right: Why We Still Need Teaching Machines on His 100th Birthday |
| Sunday, May 30, 2004 |
| 3:00 PM–4:20 PM |
| Berkeley |
| Area: EDC/VBC; Domain: Applied Research |
| Chair: Paul Thomas Andronis (Northern Michigan University) |
| Panelists: T. V. JOE LAYNG (Headsprout), JANET S. TWYMAN (Headsprout), GREG STIKELEATHER (Headsprout), PAUL THOMAS ANDRONIS (Northern Michigan University) |
| Abstract: For about a ten year period from the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s great excitement and controversy was ignited by B. F. Skinner's invention of the Teaching Machine. Whereas others had used machine quizzing and scoring devices to assess student performance, Skinner and his colleagues were the first to use a machine to systematically arrange contingencies of reinforcement for the purpose of teaching, i.e. programed instruction. Although the excitement and controversy over teaching machines and programed instruction has abated, Skinner's vision lives on today. This panel will examine the current state of Skinner's vision and present an argument that teaching machines and programed instruction are needed now even more than in the 1950's. But just as was true then, the machine alone, in this case, today's computer, does not a quality program make. Without the science of behavior that Skinner fathered, programs are at best electronic page-turners, at a worst a gross waste of time. The panelists will also discuss the nuances of the analysis of behavior that must go into the design and development of a validated instructional program and its relationship to the technology around which it is built. |
| T. V. JOE LAYNG (Headsprout) |
| JANET S. TWYMAN (Headsprout) |
| GREG STIKELEATHER (Headsprout) |
| PAUL THOMAS ANDRONIS (Northern Michigan University) |
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| Presidential Scholar's Address |
| Sunday, May 30, 2004 |
| 4:30 PM–5:20 PM |
| Grand Ballroom |
| Chair: Jay Moore (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) |
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| JOHN DONOGHUE (Brown University) |
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 Dr. John Donoghue is professor and chair of the Department of Neuroscience. John has helped develop the undergraduate Neuroscience concentration, a leading program for undergraduates in the United States. He also helped establish the new Brain Science Program, which brings together 10 departments and more than 100 faculty into a unique interdisciplinary research and education program at Brown. His personal research program is aimed at understanding how the brain turns thought into movement. In addition, he is President and Co-Founder of Cyberkinetics, Inc., a biotech startup that is developing brain implants to restore movements to paralyzed individuals. John's wife, Karen Kerman, is a member of the class of '78. She is a pediatric neurologist and a member of the Brown Medical School Clinical Faculty. |
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| Tai Chi Chuan for Beginners |
| Sunday, May 30, 2004 |
| 7:00 PM–7:50 PM |
| Fairfax A |
| Chair: Jill L. Basso (Certified Tai Chi Instructor) |
| The purpose of this class is to introduce people to the art of Tai Chi Chuan. Tai chi is a slow-moving, meditative exercise for relaxation, development of internal energy fields (chi), and help with balance, strength and coordination. The tai chi form is a series of postures that make up a form. The purpose of this class is to teach the basic principles of tai chi, discuss its' health benefits, and participate in solo chi exercises, chi kung exercises, and two-person application exercises to develop sensitivity. The teacher will give a brief history of tai chi, demonstration and how tai chi has shown to help different disabling conditions. Tai Chi began in China during the Sung Dynasty in 960-1126 AD. It is practiced all over the world and is revered for its health benefits and martial art application. Tai Chi Chuan is translated "Supreme Ultimate" kung fu or boxing, which translated into English would be, the individual practice of your internal skill and energy to develop supreme ultimate abilities in relaxation and fighting. |
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| B. F. Skinner Foundation Celebrates the Centennial of Skinner's Birth |
| Sunday, May 30, 2004 |
| 8:00 PM–10:00 PM |
| Independence East |
| Chair: Julie S. Vargas (B. F. Skinner Foundation) |
| A gathering to celebrate the centennial of Skinner's birth. This year marks the 17th year of the Foundation, and its move from West Virginia to Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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| Behavioral Follies |
| Sunday, May 30, 2004 |
| 10:00 PM–12:00 AM |
| Grand Ballroom |
| Chair: Kelly G. Wilson (University of Mississippi), Kate Kellum (University of Mississippi), Dermot Barnes-Holmes (National University of Ireland, Maynooth) |
Steve and Linda Hayes will be stepping down from administration of the Behavioral Follies for 2004, amidst rumors of humor mismanagement and accounting irregularities. Highly credible Behavioral News Tonight sources suggest that Drs. Hayes, in concert with shadowy behavioral figure Dr. Earth, have looted the Follies treasury for as much as $25,000,000. Questionable expenses charged to Behavioral Follies accounts include Dr. Linda Hayes' whopping $10,000 masseuse charge as well as an $86,000 bar tab at the San Franscisco ABA and Dr. Steven Hayes'charges, totaling over $175,000, for a long series of failed hair transplant surgeries. Drs. Hayes have denied all charges, saying that these were all "normal operating costs." They will be given the opportunity to respond to charges in a special segment of the Behavioral News Tonight at the upcoming Boston Behavioral Follies. Kelly Wilson, Dermot Barnes-Holmes, and Kate Kellum have agreed to take over interim administration of the Follies. Although all three maintain busy schedules, they stated that patriotism and loyalty to the brave followers of behavior analysis caused them to take temporary leave from departmental duties in order to, in the words of Dermot Barnes-Holmes, "get to the bottom of this bloody mess." Wilson, Barnes-Holmes, and Kellum have promised a reinvigorated follies schedule for the upcoming conference. After a careful functional analysis, they have determined the sources of recent follies nonhumor behavior and have pledged that they will not rest until these nonfunny sources of stimulus control are eradicated. Please contact Dr. Kelly Wilson at kwilson@olemiss.edu with any potential follies contributions. |
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