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In something that I found quite rewarding, Teachers College of Columbia University published a feature article about R. Douglas Greer, a professor whose work I’ve long admired. Why did I find it rewarding? Well, it’s pretty rare that people advocating a behavioral approach to teaching receive much recognition, but Professor Greer’s work richly deserves such commendation.
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I’ve added a copy of the slides for the presentation by Charles Hughes and Donald Deshler to the list of availble documents available on the page covering RTI issues. Please see “RtI Commentaries” in the navigation element under “pages.”
Sphere: Related ContentI had the pleasure of hosting a series of important presentations on the currently hot topic of response to intervention at the 20 April meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children in Louisville. I have posted a page providing links for PDFs of many of these presentations. As I can get the others uploaded, I shall post additional entries reminding folks of where to find these papers. If you are reading this page on the Teach Effectively! then you can find a link to the page in in the section of the navigation element headed “Pages.” For a direct link, click here.
Sphere: Related ContentZig Engelmann’s original plan for publishing his recollections of the Follow Through Project called for PDFs of chapters to be available on Zigsite.com for two weeks each. In response to people who learned of their availability too late, he as created “something of a curtain call.” Get ‘em while you can!
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Over on Behavior Concepts Rayna and Andrew Houvouras have a good take down of a weak piece of popular press reporting. They cover an article entitled “How Not to Talk to Your Kids: The Inverse Power of Praise” by Po Bronson and published in the magazine New York. Following the work of motivation psychologist Carol Dweck, the article paints a dim view of the value of praising behavior, overlooking the extensive research showing that specific, contingent praise produces substantial changes in behavior. The Houvourases correct the record. Read their analysis.
Sphere: Related ContentGood news for those who discovered too late that Zig Engelmann was publishing a history of his time in education. The chapters were available only briefly (2 weeks each) but Zig’s making the entire product available again briefly.
If you missed downloading any of the earlier chapters of “The Outrage of
Project Follow Through,” Zig is re posting ALL chapters on Monday, March 12
about 8am pacific and will leave them up until Monday, March 19, around 8am
pacific.Bryan
Bryan Wickman,
Executive Director
Association for Direct Instruction
Save the dates. Get it while it’s free. Go to zigsite.com.
Sphere: Related ContentSpecial Connections is a Web resource, developed by Suzanne Robinson and Sean Smith of Kansas University, that provides recommendations about teaching procedures for students with disabilities. There are modules about instruction, collaboration, assessment, and behavior plans, each describing research-based methods.
Special Connections is a Project of National Significance (CFDA #84.325N) funded through the federal Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and coordinated through the University of Kansas. The ultimate goal of the project is to provide educators, both classroom teachers and university faculty, with tools and resources that support students with special needs in general education settings and in accessing the general education curriculum in meaningful ways.
Four main areas of focus include Instruction, Assessment, Behavior Plans, and Collaboration. Best practices are identified within each of these four areas and nationally recognized experts create materials for a module about that topic. Teacher tools for implementing specific practices, case study materials, and references and resources related to each practice are provided in each module. Suggestions on how to develop online collaboration are included along with technical specifications and examples of how online collaboration can improve teacher practices and outcomes for students.
Link to the Special Connections Web site.
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