Behavior Analysis in Education

PART ONE: TWO VIEWS OF THE FUTURE OF BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS IN EDUCATION. 1. Measurably Superior Instruction Means Close, Continual Contact with the Relevant Outcome Data. Revolutionary!--Don Bushell, Jr., and Donald M. Baer. 2. A Selectionist View of the Future of Behavior Analysis in Education--H. S. Pennypacker. PART TWO: PROMOTING APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS. 3. Measurably Superior Instructional Methods: Do We Need Selling and Marketing?--Carl Binder. 4. The Insignificant Impact of Behavior Analysis on Education: Notes from a Dean of Education--Samuel M. Deitz. 5. "Mainstreaming" Applied Behavior Analysis Principles and Procedures into a Preservice Training Program for General Education Teachers--Larry Maheady, Gregory F. Harper, Barbara Mallette, and Melinda Karnes. 6. Developmentalism's Impediments to School Reform: Three Recommendations for Overcoming Them--J. E. Stone. PART THREE: EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION. 7. Social Context, Social Validity, and Program Outcome in Early Intervention--Scott R. McConnell. 8. Contextualism and Applied Behavior Analysis: Implications for Early Childhood Education for Children with Disabilities--Samuel L. Odom and Thomas G. Haring. 9. Communication Interventions: The Challenges of Across-the-Day Implementation--Howard Goldstein, Louise Kaczmarek, and Nancy Hepting. 10. Helping Preschoolers from Low-Income Backgrounds Make Substantial Progress in Readings Through Direct Instruction--Paul Weisberg. 11. Children Prenatally Exposed to Alcohol and Cocaine: Behavioral Solutions--Vikki F. Howard, Betty F. Williams, and T. F. McLaughlin. PART FOUR: SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN. 12. Measurably Superior Instructional Practices in Measurably Inferior Times: Reflections on Twain and Pauli--Edward J. Kameenui. 13. The Measure of a Teacher--R. Douglas Greer. 14. The Morningside Model of Generative Instruction--Kent R. Johnson and T. V. Joe Layng. 15. Teaching Children with Learning Problems--Ron Van Houten. 16. The Opportunity to Respond and Academic Performance Revisited: A Behavioral Theory of Developmental Retardation and Its Prevention--Charles R. Greenwood, Betty Hart, Dale Walker, and Todd Risley. 17. Ecobehavioral Assessment of Bilingual Special Education Settings: The Opportunity to Respond--Carmen Arrega-Mayer, Judith J. Carta, and Yolanda Tapia. 18. Toward Instructional Process Measurability: An Interbehavioral Field Systems Perspective--Andrew Hawkins, Tom Sharpe, and Roger Ray. 19. Developing Competent Learners by Arranging Effective Learning Environments--Vicci Tucci and Daniel E. Hursh. 20. START Tutoring: Designing, Training, Implementing, Adapting, and Evaluating Tutoring Programs for School and Home Settings--April D. Miller, Patricia M. Barbetta, and Timothy E. Heron. 21. Three "Low-Tech" Strategies for Increasing the Frequency of Active Student Response During Group Instruction--William L. Heward. 22. Applied Behavior Analysis: An Insider's Appraisal--Thomas C. Lovitt. PART FIVE: TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD. 23. Teaching Generalized Skills to Persons with Disabilities--Carolyn Hughes. 24. Helping High-Risk Black College Students--Mark A. Jackson and Richard W. Malott.