Friday, March 20, 2009

Precision Teaching

For those who keep hearing the term and want more info: http://precisionteaching.pbwiki.com/

So, precision teaching folks out there -- is this a good resource or not? Go ahead and comment.

3 comments:

Regina Claypool-Frey said...

Hi Matt,
This is going to sound like a little bit of a pitch, because the precisionteaching wiki is my site, but it's not--just an explanatory note.

Just as some corroboration, type the address into google and see the sites that link to it--including the Standard Celeration Society, the Society that promotes and supports Precision Teaching, and Behavior Research Company, the company founded by Dr. Ogden Lindsley and currently run by his surviving spouse, Nancy--those are all practicing precision teachers who are very aware of this project and some of them helped me on fact-checking the materials and information.

I started the site to create a "hub" so that people interested in finding out about the field and methods, and those who are already practitioners, might have easier access to the different websites, vendors and materials on Precision Teaching. There is a collection of theses and dissertations on PT topics, indices of the Journal of Precision Teaching and Celeration (one sorted by specific topic, e.g., charting, reading instruction, medical applications, etc.), an "in-progress" article bibliography, and I have a glossary in the works but not quite ready for prime time.

As part of the function, and for my personal enjoyment I've also been collecting historical trivia and articles that are not widely known.

It's an ongoing work in progress and improvement.

Anyway, that's the word on what the wiki's about. As to whether it serves the purpose I intended--well, I hope so. The counters seem to indicate that it's getting many visitors and I've had some queries from international Precision Teachers. If you have any comments or questions, you are always welcome to leave them at the wiki, "Contact us".

Cheers,
Regina Claypool-Frey
Owner precisionteaching.pbwiki.com
Secretary of the Standard Celeration Society
Member ABA-I

Anonymous said...

It is sounding like pitch..
___________________
Britney
We do your Marketing for best sales

Regina Claypool-Frey said...

And, "We do your Marketing for best sales" doesn't sound like a pitch?

It would be a pitch if the wiki was selling something rather than sharing an academic and research resource gratis in the interest of intellectual discourse. Some resources are paid services, but that's typical of most textbooks, consultancies and related. I'm assuming that practicing behavior analysts would have the necessary background and training to be critical evaluators.

However, prima facie,I am assuming that "Britney", given the content of the comments in the various threads, is a spammer of some sort. Caveat lector.