with Robby

Vignette#=3V 0nnnDays Alive with Robby From birth on, people are first in life. Things come later.Communication is essential in social interaction. Language is less so, but learning it sure helps.This thread integrates all notes on Peggy interacting with Robby and 28 video clips accessible in original form. Text transcriptions and super-titles are added in ClipNotes …

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Printing

Bob at 40  Printing NLCSA content About: Remarks: What’s “behind the button?” The WP Plugin in use is PrintFriendly.com’s “Print Friendly and PDF” plugin, v.5.5.6. Why did you choose it? By me, it worked best with the mix of documents at NLCSA. Even better, the interface can be made as simple as a single button …

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on-Papert

On Seymour Papert in appreciation Seymour’s 1988 Talk at Purdue can be seen at Revaluation of the Concrete. NB. this post calls 11 video clips, and takes time to load completely. Coming to MIT to study Artificial Intelligence with Minsky had the wonderful side effect of introducing me to Seymour Papert, Marvin’s colleague and co-founder …

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Critic

Critic Doubts and Criticisms, and Responses Analyst Critic: I question the accuracy and validity of these materials and the value of the enterprise: Analyst: Of course, and I need to respond to your questions because I want you to take this work seriously. Where do you want to begin?

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Example1

Peggy Infant and Child

Development of the Pure Point

Example1: Supporting Analysis with Video Clip Evidence

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This abstract for a paper (not published) is broken up in the rows below to bring into registration the observations made and the video material providing support for the analysis. Five are in this post. All ten are at link LC3bV1. -> LC3A4 Abstract for a Presentation at the annual Jean Piaget Society Conference, Berkeley, CA, 2001
LC3bV1 Ten “Pointing” video clips.

Analyst

Still Trying! Making Sense of What’s Been Collected Notes on Current Issues, Questions, Possible Studies: Relevant Resources: Primary Research Goal: trace in detail the transition of learning from a side-effect of behavior to processes of reflexive self-construction.Primary Research Agenda: interpret LC3. (For detail, see LC3c Analyses.)-track language skills & knowledge development-track physical-spatial skills & knowledge …

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Builder

Bob at 40 Corpus and Site Construction: Revised February, 2025 …the more one examines life the firmer becomes the conviction that it contains no well-rounded plots and that a good deal of what we do has a higgledy-piggledy nature, slapstick in tone, which forces us either to be greatly sad or highly hysterical. Philosophy is …

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LC2

Analyzing Natural Learning What is really profound in this work? Learning is what makes our minds, My research has advanced the study of human learning in both common and unusual situations. See Comments in Review of “Computer Experience and Cognitive Development.”.

Mentors

Sources of professional and personal inspiration.
Marvin Minsky (Princeton, MIT), Seymour Papert (Cambridge, MIT) Sheldon White (Chicago, Harvard), H. Sinclair (Geneva),
Howard Gruber (Rutgers, Geneva), Robert Davis (Illinois, Rutgers), Oliver G. Selfridge (MIT, BBN), Wallace Feurzeig (Chicago, BBN).
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