The advantages of using precision teaching in a secondary level special education science class are discussed. Among benefits considered are providing the student and teacher with a daily progress check, allowing the student an opportunity to use science vocabulary, evaluating individualized methods and materials, providing information on changing…

The article describes two ways that universities are involved in precision teaching: (1) the use of precision teaching to teach precision teaching to students of special education and (2) faculty work with public school personnel to help teachers maintain charting skills by meeting monthly to discuss issues and procedures. (Author/CL)

The basic structure and use of the Standard Daily Behavior Chart, used in precision teaching, is explained. (KW)

The bibliography on precision teaching, issued by Canada's National Institute on Mental Retardation, contains approximately 84 entries alphabetized according to author. The entries, which include books, articles, and dissertations, range over such topics as the use of behavior modification in precision teaching, school-wide implementation of…

Precision teaching is advocated as a means of complying with the Education for All Handicapped Children's Act requirement of progress reports on all handicapped children in regular programs. Available from: Allen Raymond, Inc., P.O. Box 1223, Darien, Connecticut 06820. (GW)

The "Try Procedures," a diagnostic teaching strategy used with precision teaching, provides a way to determine which teaching methods produce the greatest gains for individual students. Five steps feature initial assessment, dividing items to be taught, teaching by two or more methods, probing, and looking at the data. Comparison of two sight word…

A continuous and curriculum-based assessment method, Precision Learning Assessment (PLA), which integrates precision teaching and norm-referenced techniques, was applied to a math computation curriculum for 214 third graders. The resulting districtwide learning curves defining average annual progress through the computation curriculum provided…

Explains a system designed to pinpoint behaviors in children that one may wish to alter and subsequently to produce behavior modifications. (AA)

Compared the effects of fluency training, a component of precision teaching, versus training to accuracy on the acquisition and retention of a composite skill. Results show that for skilled adult learners, fluency training can aid the acquisition and retention for both the component and composite skills. (Contains 52 references.) (Author/LRW)

Research has shown fluency plays a vital role in learning. Precision Teaching, a method for measuring behavior and facilitating decision-making, has demonstrated it can benefit teachers interested in fostering fluency. Through the use of a systematic practice routine derived from Precision Training, teachers can apply a method that efficiently…

Guiding principles of precision teaching are reviewed, the use of the Standard 'celeration chart illustrated, and implementation aspects involved in pinpointing, counting, charting, and evaluating are described. The article concludes with a brief summary of effectiveness research. (CL)

The article maintains that many behavior modification specialists now prefer the labels "applied behavior analysis" and summarizes four studies published in the "Journal of Precision Teaching" on learning by activity, encouragement of creative writing, inner thought, and impact on the field. (Author/MC)

A computer implementation of precision teaching for severely mentally handicapped students is described. Computer technology reduces staff time during a typical precision teaching routine: design of suitable teaching programs, a series of timed short drills using these programs, conversion of results into numeric quantities, and design of improved…

Breuning answers the criticisms expressed by Brophy (TM 503 459) in his commentary on Breuning's study of precision teaching (TM 503 458). The author repeats his conclusion that precision teaching was more effective than traditional teaching. (GDC)