Marketing Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
January 1979
Abstract
In “natural learning” the learner takes responsibility for learning. This responsibility applies to setting objectives, selecting active learning tasks, obtaining feedback, and making applications. Self-oriented skill training (SOS) provides a highly structured procedure to help the learner through the above four phases of natural learning. Of particular importance in SOS is the experiential exercise; this can put the learner through the unfreezing, change, and refreezing steps. The design of SOS is based on substantial empirical evidence. Results from five crude field experiments were consistent with the hypothesis that SOS increases the efficiency of learning. In a 6-month follow-up, participants using SOS reported 2.1 behavioral changes vs. 0.6 for those following a traditional approach to learning.
Recommended Citation
Armstrong, J. S. (1979). The natural learning project. Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/marketing_papers/29
Date Posted: 15 August 2006
Comments
Postprint version. Published in Journal of Experiential Learning and Simulation, Volume 1, Number 1, 1979, pages 5-12. The author has asserted his/her right to include this material in ScholarlyCommons@Penn.
Publisher information: Copyright Elsevier-North Holland, 1979.