The Infant Peggy Study
Six years of a child’s learning in her home
Enough Time, Detail, and Breadth to see major changes:
“Weekly” family videos, segmented by topics, transcribed as
Dialogue episodes with AI contents lists and summaries
Welcome: We’re grateful for your interest in our themes
The Natural Learning Case Study Archive is a research facility for myself and others interested in using case study analysis to deepen our understanding of common sense knowledge and natural learning (how the mind interacts with everyday experiences to develop common sense knowledge). This research is the primary objective. But equally important is the hope that this research about our children will prove useful to people as well as to developers of intelligent computing.
A second objective is to advance case study as a discipline by sharing materials publicly so that:
Here are three case study corpora based on experiences with three of my children. Each corpus contains recorded materials (originally videotape, now digitized), text observations, and interpretations of some of those materials. The studies are presented separately, by individual child, although there is significant overlapping and inter-relatedness of materials;
Beginning in 1976 and continuing into the 1980’s, these are some of the earliest studies of children with extensive involvement in computing. They capture a time of transition, looking forward to the penetration into our lives of intelligent machines while still embedded in everyday situations where digital technology was closely held and of limited access.
Cordially, Robert W. Lawler
Friends usually address me as “Bob”. Feel free to do so if you send comments or questions where open windows permit. I am currently site Admin (as well as Builder and Analyst).
As copyright holders for the materials in these archives, our intention is to share them for Research and Education uses. We believe they might be useful for students of developmental psychology (and even new parents), as well as in broader explorations of human nature and intelligence in general.
For private communication, send email to RWLawler@NLCSA.net
