A PORTL Exercise: teaching a conditional chain
3,983 views · Published 29 April 2015 · 6:16 · Indexed 11 October 2026
Channel: Born to Behave · 2015 · Pets & Animals
Tried Mary Hunter's game tonight - sort of. Here is the originial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XtEaOttMWI Mary explains: "PORTL (The Portable Operant Research and Teaching Lab) is a tabletop game that can be used to simulate a variety of learning situations. It is based off of another shaping game, called GENABACAB, which was developed by English dog trainer Kay Laurence. The game is played using a collection of small objects, a clicker to mark behavior, and small tokens or blocks as reinforcers. Students learn to communicate entirely through reinforcement and environmental arrangement, as they may not use verbal instructions, models, or gestures during teaching. The game allows students to see the principles of behavior in action and practice applying those principles to change behavior."
