Fred S. Keller
(1899 - 1996)
Primary Areas of Study
Personalized instruction
Links
Fred S. Keller Collection at University of New Hampshire Library
Sidman, M. (1996). Fred S. Keller: Rememberings. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 66, 1-6. (available online here)
Sidman, M. (2006). Fred S. Keller, a generalized conditioned reinforcer. The Behavior Analyst, 29(2), 235-242. (available online here)
Selected Papers
Keller, F. S. (1968). Good-bye, teacher.... Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1, 78-89. (available online here)
Keller, F. S. (1974). Ten years of personalized instruction. Teaching of Psychology, 1, 4-9. (available online here)
Keller, F. S. (1985). Lightning strikes twice. Teaching of Psychology, 12, 4-8.
Selected Books
The Definition of Psychology. 1937, 1973.
Summers and Sabbaticals: Selected Papers on Psychology and Education. 1937.
Principles of Psychology: A Systematic Text in the Science of Behavior (with William N. Schoenfield). New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1950.
Learning (Reinforcement Theory). New York: Random House, 1954.
Selected Readings in the History of Psychology : A PSI Companion. Roanoke, Va.: Scholars Press, 1973.
Behavior Modification: Applications to Education. New York: Academic Press 1974.
PSI, the Keller Plan Handbook : Essay on A Personalized System of Instruction (with J. Gilmour Sherman, and a contribution by Caroline Martuscelli Bori). Menlo Park: Calif.: W. A. Benjamin, 1974.
Pedagogue’s Progress: Fred Simmons Keller. Lawrence, KS: TRI Publications, 1982.
At My Own Pace: The Autobiography of Fred S. Keller, edited by Jon S. Bailey, Mary R. Burch, A. Charles Catania, and Jack Michael. Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y.:Sloan Publishing, 2009.
Media
A toast to Fred Keller and B.F. Skinner with Joe Brady, A. Charles Catania, James Holland, Victor Laties, and Murray Sidman
Audio
Keller and Skinner reminisce about Graduate School and other things.Two Freds.mp3
Students
Intellectual Ancestry
1926 - B.A. - Tufts University
1928 - M.A. - Harvard
1931 - Ph.D. - Harvard
Additional Information
1970 - Received the Distinguished Contributions to Education in Psychology Award from the American Psychological Association
Keller, F. S. (1996). Obituary: Fred S. Keller (1899 - 1996). The Behavior Analyst, 19, 7-9. (available online here)