Fred S. Keller
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| Fred Simmons Keller | |
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| Born | January 2, 1899 near Rural Grove, New York |
| Died | February 2, 1996 Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | Colgate, Columbia University University of Brasilia |
| Alma mater | Tufts, Harvard University |
| Known for | Behavior analysis, Operant conditioning, Personalized instruction |
Fred Simmons Keller was a pioneer in experimental psychology. He taught at Columbia University for 26 years and gave his name to the Keller Plan, also known as Personalized System of Instruction, an individually paced, mastery-oriented teaching method that has had a significant impact on college-level science education system. He died at home, age 97, on February 2, 1996 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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[edit] Life
Keller[1]]" was born Jan. 2, 1899, on a farm near Rural Grove, N.Y. and left school at an early age to become a Western Union telegrapher. He enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War I and served with the American Expeditionary Force on an ammunition train, attaining the rank of sergeant.
He earned a B.S. from Tufts in 1926 and an M.A. in 1928 and Ph.D. in 1931, both in psychology, from Harvard. Keller taught at Colgate from 1931 to 1938 and joined the Columbia faculty as an instructor of psychology in 1938. He was named assistant professor in 1942, associate professor in 1946 and professor of psychology in 1950. He served as chairman of the department from 1959 to 1962 and became professor emeritus of psychology in 1964.
He was a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and a past president of the Eastern Psychological Association. He received the Distinguished Teaching Award from the American Psychological Foundation in 1970.
[edit] Personalized System of Instruction (PSI)
Keller's paper[2] "Goodbye teacher..." issued in Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis in 1968 introduced Personalized System of Instruction (PSI). This lead later to "Mastery learning" plan.
[edit] A Functional Analysis of Depression
Fred Keller's 1973 paper, ‘A Functional Analysis of Depression’, helped establish a strong clinical focus on depression that helped to inspire Behavioral activation, as well as other behavioral treatments for clinical problems beyond depression.
[edit] References
- ^ Columbia University Record -- February 23, 1996 -- Vol. 21, No. 17 "
- ^ Keller, F. (1968). "Goodbye teacher..." Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1, 79-89.
[edit] See also
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