What Are Behavioral Objectives? Part 5 of 5: Why This System Works

This is the fifth article in a five part series about Behavioral Objectives. The articles in order of publication are: Behavioral Objectives; An Overview The Scope and Sequence Chart Gantt Charts for Progress Planning Setting Standards of Achievement or Fluency Why This Component Works The system of behavioural objectives built into the Maloney Method worksContinue reading “What Are Behavioral Objectives? Part 5 of 5: Why This System Works”

What Are Behavioral Objectives? Part 4 of 5: Setting Measurement Standards

This is the fourth article in a five part series about Behavioral Objectives. The articles in order of publication are: Behavioral Objectives; An Overview The Scope and Sequence Chart Gantt Charts for Progress Planning Setting Standards of Achievement or Fluency Why This Component Works Types of Standards There are lots of ways to set objectivesContinue reading “What Are Behavioral Objectives? Part 4 of 5: Setting Measurement Standards”

What Are Behavioral Objectives? Part 3 of 5: Gantt Charts

This is the third article in a five part series about Behavioral Objectives. The articles in order of publication are: Behavioral Objectives; An Overview The Scope and Sequence Chart Gantt Charts for Progress Planning Setting Standards of Achievement or Fluency Why This Component Works Questions? As a parent, would it be useful for you toContinue reading “What Are Behavioral Objectives? Part 3 of 5: Gantt Charts”

Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

A New Challenge: Setting up an Academic Program for Autistic Students At the end of November 2008, I began a journey, both literally and figuratively into the world of autism. I was invited by Eva Hyto, founder of the Hong Kong Junior School, to assist her in setting up an academic program for 7 autisticContinue reading “Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)”

Precision Teaching Case Study Series Part 5 of 5: So Why Don’t Schools Use Precision Teaching???

This is the fifth of a series of 5 blogs on teaching reading skills to a developmentally delayed adolescent: Teaching Sounds and Sound Combinations to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Word Lists to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Story Reading to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Word Meanings to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent So WhyContinue reading “Precision Teaching Case Study Series Part 5 of 5: So Why Don’t Schools Use Precision Teaching???”

Precision Teaching Case Study Series Part 4 of 5: Teaching Word Meanings to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent

This is the fourth of a series of 5 blogs on teaching reading skills to a developmentally delayed adolescent: Teaching Sounds and Sound Combinations to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Word Lists to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Story Reading to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Word Meanings to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent So WhyContinue reading “Precision Teaching Case Study Series Part 4 of 5: Teaching Word Meanings to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent”

Precision Teaching & Literacy: The Proof is in the Pudding [VIDEO]

  Welcome Richard McManus, Founder of The Fluency Factory in Hingham MA as a guest blogger on the Maloney Method website. Richard’s video reviews the data of the major empirical study supporting Precision Teaching as a measurement and decision-making system for teachers, therapists, homeschoolers and other education professionals. A description of the The Sacajewea ProjectContinue reading “Precision Teaching & Literacy: The Proof is in the Pudding [VIDEO]”

Reading Success – Right in front of your eyes! [VIDEO]

Reading improvement of a student using the Maloney Method materials and applying Precision Teaching to measure story reading fluency: The video demonstrates the improvement in story reading of a young student named Elizabeth who attends the Fluency Factory, a behaviorally based learning center founded by Richard McManus in Hingham, MA. The video depicts Elizabeth’s attemptsContinue reading “Reading Success – Right in front of your eyes! [VIDEO]”

Precision Teaching Case Study Series Part 3 of 5: Teaching Story Reading to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent

This is the third of a series of 5 blogs on teaching reading skills to a developmentally delayed adolescent: Teaching Sounds and Sound Combinations to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Word Lists to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Story Reading to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Word Meanings to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent So WhyContinue reading “Precision Teaching Case Study Series Part 3 of 5: Teaching Story Reading to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent”

Precision Teaching Case Study Series Part 2 of 5: Teaching Word Lists to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent

This is the second of a series of 5 blogs on teaching reading skills to a developmentally delayed adolescent: Teaching Sounds and Sound Combinations to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Word Lists to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Story Reading to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent Teaching Word Meanings to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent So WhyContinue reading “Precision Teaching Case Study Series Part 2 of 5: Teaching Word Lists to a Developmentally Delayed Adolescent”