Behavior Analysis for Effective Teaching

ISBN-13: 9781138337190 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 328 str.

Julie S. Vargas

Opis

Behavior Analysis for Effective Teaching is the foremost book on the integration of non-aversive behavior analysis principles into classrooms and other school settings.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Adding Science to the Art of Teaching. Chapter 2: Finding the "Causes" of Behavior. Chapter 3: How We Learn. Chapter 4: Decreasing Behavior. Chapter 5: Setting Goals to Improve Achievement. Chapter 6: Improving Sensitivity to Progress: Recording and Graphing. Chapter 7: Teaching Basic Skills to Mastery with Precision Teaching. Chapter 8: Shaping New Behavior: Selection by Postcedents. Chapter 9: The Roles of Antecedents in Teaching Concepts and Understanding. Chapter 10: Verbal Behavior: Teaching Language Skills. Chapter 11: Inclusion. David Roth Chapter 12: Beyond Testing: Reaching the Ultimate Goals of Education.

O autorze

Julie S. Vargas is Chair of the Board of the B. F. Skinner Foundation. A former third and fourth grade teacher, she became Professor of Educational Psychology at West Virginia University, USA. There she taught undergraduate education majors and practicing teachers for over 30 years. She is a past president of the Association for Behavior Analysis International and one of the founding editors of The Behavior Analyst.