Repeal the Law of Gravity – It’s Old and It Sucks Yesterday I received a telephone call from a fellow educator. His dream is to build a digital conduit for teachers through which good ideas and good lesson plans could be shared. While I liked his excitement, I also noted my reservations, namely that well-designed lessons needed a certain quality. ·      They have to cover a domainContinue reading “Repeal the Law of Gravity – It’s Old and It Sucks”
A Lesson on Ignoring – Mice, Snakes and Hay Loaders On our small family farm, when I was near my teen years, all of the heavy work was done by our team of horses. When the hay was ready, it was cut in swaths by a hay mower with a six foot blade that was pulled by Darkie and Joan, our Percheron team. Left toContinue reading “A Lesson on Ignoring – Mice, Snakes and Hay Loaders”
The End of an Era – Siegfried Engelmann Zig Engelmann, Creator of Direct Instruction, has passed away. Zig Engelmann created the Direct Instruction system of instruction. Direct Instruction placed first in every category in Project Follow Through, the longest, most exhaustive, most expensive, comparative research project ever conducted in the education of children at risk of school failure in the United States. ZigContinue reading “The End of an Era – Siegfried Engelmann”
Official Launch: Fourth Series of the Maloney Method Course at University of West Florida On April 1, 2019, the University of West Florida hosts the official launch of the fourth series of the Maloney Method Integrated teaching strategies course. Three major behavioral methods combine to assist individuals with language and literacy deficits, including those on the ASD spectrum. The 12-week long course is the largest amalgamation of Behavior Analysis,Continue reading “Official Launch: Fourth Series of the Maloney Method Course at University of West Florida”
Count On It! – A Simple Solution for Gathering Frequency Data One of the challenges of data collection is in the difficulty of recording an accurate count. Teachers and therapists cannot easily carry a clipboard and pen in classrooms or therapy sessions. Behavioral interventions require data. Decisions are made on the basis of the data collected. Decisions for program changes take into account the performance ofContinue reading “Count On It! – A Simple Solution for Gathering Frequency Data”
Course Starting Again in January That’s right! More and more people are adopting the Maloney Method thanks to the help we are getting from the University of West Florida. Teaching Strategies Workshop Course The Maloney Method has teamed up with the University of West Florida ABA department to offer this online course, now open to the public. The courseContinue reading “Course Starting Again in January”
Teaching Regular and Proper Nouns Students need to learn grammar skills in order to learn communication skills. They also require grammar skills in order to do well with later analytical and independent thinking skills. Teach your students to recognize nouns using the lesson provided. Present the first five examples using the script. the script uses a Model, Lead, Test formatContinue reading “Teaching Regular and Proper Nouns”
Teaching the Final “E” Rule in Spelling Wouldn’t it be great if you could take the frustration and confusion out of spelling lessons? Here’s the good news – with the right instructional design, you can do just that! Here’s the better news – if you can follow a script, you can solve the problem! Here’s an example lesson covering the Final “e”Continue reading “Teaching the Final “E” Rule in Spelling”
Basic Concept of Fractions – Complete Lesson Fractions can be one of the most difficult concepts to understand for young learners, if they don’t have the right skills and if the new ideas are not presented well. Direct Instruction takes care of both of these pre-requisites. DI programs build methodically from one basic idea to the next, so that learners don’tContinue reading “Basic Concept of Fractions – Complete Lesson”
Teaching Order of Operations – Whole and Complete Lesson After students reach fluency in math facts, fact families, fractions and multi-step math problems, the next steps involve order of operations. Here is a whole and complete lesson for you to use for free. This lesson uses Direct Instruction scripting to reduce frustration and confusion for the student. It also uses behavior objectives and precisionContinue reading “Teaching Order of Operations – Whole and Complete Lesson”
