"It has always been the task of formal education to set up behavior which would prove useful or enjoyable later in a student's life."
— B. F. Skinner

January 1, 1970

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As quoted in Performance-based Assessment for Middle and High School Physical Education (2002) by Jacalyn Lea Lund and Mary Fortman Kirk, p. 165