Westover Teaching Machine Components
date: label: date made
content: 1944
notes: label: Description
content: Each of these twenty scrolls measures (rolled) 24.5 cm. w. x 5 cm. d. x 5 cm. h. The long paper sheets are wound around wooden spools. Each scroll has text typed on it, divided into short phrases of two or three words. The machine advanced the scrolls at a speed that could be varied, allowing students to read text at different rates. According to the accession file, the scrolls represent twenty exercises found in Dr. Ruth Strang’s book <I>Study Type of Reading Exercises</I> (Columbia University, 1936). Strang (1895-1971) was an earlier student at Teachers College than Westover abd was appointed a professor there in 1940.
label: Description
content: For related objects, see the machine in which the scrolls fit (1993.0182.01) and a copy of Westover’s dissertation (1993.0189.03).
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: Accession file 1993.0189.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Psychology
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Teaching Machines
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Frederick L. Westover
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0189.02
label: accession number
content: 1993.0189
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0189.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Teaching Machine Components
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 5 cm x 24.5 cm x 5 cm; 1 31/32 in x 9 21/32 in x 1 31/32 in