Suppresses Provides punishment for undesirable student behavior or eliminates emotionally disturbing stimuli from the pupil's external sensory input. Augments Amplifies any desirable quality possessed by the student. Existing strengths are focused upon and expanded to the limit of the student's potential. Since skills and abilities are interrelated, any competence that is expanded sufficiently will cut across several disciplines. It may thus be possible to move a student from an existing area of high interest into areas of low interest as these become involved.
Prompts Provides repetition and drill.
Teaching machines may develop the student's mastery of rote material. It is useful for students who need constant repetition, and it frees the teacher from this task. Facilitates Provides the necessary vehicles for the expression of developed qualities in the student. A profile of student interests and abilities is matched with environmental facilitation. Often students have developed abilities for which the environment provides no possibility of expression.