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What is teaching? A clear, integrative, operational definition for teaching is still needed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Yonat Eshchar  and
Dorothy Fragaszy
Yonat Eshchar
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-3013. doree@uga.eduYonat@uga.eduhttp://psychology.uga.edu/people/bios/faculty/Dorothy_M_Fragaszy.php
Dorothy Fragaszy
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-3013. doree@uga.eduYonat@uga.eduhttp://psychology.uga.edu/people/bios/faculty/Dorothy_M_Fragaszy.php
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Abstract

The study of teaching indeed suffers from multiple approaches built upon disparate views. Kline does an excellent job in explaining the problem, but does not go all the way towards solving it. We suggest that a better operational definition, which could be utilized both in human studies and animal studies, is needed to integrate the field truly.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e39
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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