BLAST FROM THE PAST (1971 & '72) A couple of rare Precision Teaching references available

Just want to gives a heads-up on a couple of historical Precision Teaching references that have some citation in the field's literature, but have not been necessarily easily available,

1971 - Teaching Exceptional Children 3(3) - which was a special issue on Precision Teaching and reprinted in a "selected reprint" volume in 1975.

Copies of this reprint are available at a nominal cost at Behavior Research Company.


Contents:

• Johnson, E.C. (1971). Precision teaching helps children learn. Teaching Exceptional Children, 3, 106-110.
• Bates, S., & Bates, D. F. (1971). ... and a child shall lead them:Stephanie's chart story. Teaching Exceptional Children, 3, 111-113. [Also see the slideshow at the Behavior Research Company website.]
• Lindsley, O. R. (1971) Precision teaching in perspective: An interview. Teaching Exceptional Children, 3, 114-119.
• Galloway, C., & Galloway, K.C. (1971). Parent classes in precise behavior management. Teaching Exceptional Children, 3, 120-128.
• Starlin, C. (1971). Peers and precision. Teaching Exceptional Children, 3, 129-132, 137-140.
• Haughton, E.C. (1971). Great gains from small starts. Teaching Exceptional Children, 3, 141-146.
• Cohen, M.A., & Grant, M.L. (1971). Applying precision teaching to academic assessment. Teaching Exceptional Children, 3, 147-150.
• Duncan, A. D. (1971). The view for the inner eye: Personal management of inner and outer behaviors. Teaching Exceptional Children, 3, 152-156.
• Koenig, C. (1971). The behavior bank: A system for sharing precise information. Teaching Exceptional Children, 3, 157.

The second has recently become available in open access pdf from the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) database, and while there are some limits on the quality of the reproduction (black and white, and some layout issues), it does allow an interested audience access to the text of the publication.

1972 - J. B.Jordan and L. S. Robins, Eds. Let's try doing something else kind of thing: Behavior principles and the exceptional child. Reston, VA: The Council for Exceptional Children - which was a published report on the Invisible College* Conference on the Application of Behavioral Principles in Exceptional Child Education. March 25-26, 1971. Conference Chairmen: Sidney W. Bijou, Ogden R. Lindsley, Eric Haughton
ERIC#: ED060581

Contents (please note that some of the page numbers may only be approximate due to the nature of the ERIC reprint, so please verify numbering and other info for before using for any citation purpose.)

• Authors III
• Preface VII -X.
• Lindsley, O.R. From Skinner to precision teaching: The child knows best. 1-11.
• Starlin, A. Sharing a message about curriculum with my teacher friends. 12-19.
• Haughton, E. Aims - Growing and Sharing. 20-39 
• Johnson, T.G. Precision therapy is the way to go. 40-50.
• Duncan, A.D. The gifted count and chart. 51-55.
• Young, B. J. Imagine you're the parent of a deaf-blind child. 57-65.
• Bijou, S.W. The kids have problems and our job is to do something for them.68-75.
• Phillips, D. We have a successful tool now - Let's use it! 76-83.
• Johnson, N. Precision teaching cuts across cultural lines. 84-91.
• Galloway, C. Precision parents and the development of retarded behavior.93-109.
• Caldwell, T.E. Teacher training tools for precision. 111-117.
• Kunzelmann, H. For successful program maintenance: Look at the data first. 118-126
• Selected Readings. 127-129
• Selected Resources. 129.

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"Invisible College": Scientific communication conducted through an informal channel.
An early source for this information-sharing model is,
Allen, T.J., & S.I. Cohen (1969), ‘ Information flow in research and development laboratories’. Administrative Science Quarterly, 14, 12-19.

Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
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BLAST FROM THE PAST: (1971) Owen White's "A glossary of behavioral terminology"

White, Owen R. (1971). A glossary of behavioral terminology. Champaign, IL: Research Press Co.

Note: Owen R. White, PhD. was the 2009 International Precision Teaching Conference Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, and delivered the keynote address at that conference.





This is an interesting, and even fun, glossary, although to some it might be more of a historical piece for a behavioral bibliophile, since it's out of print, than a working glossary. In difficulty, I would consider it somewhere between Verplanck's glossary, and the Florida State University glossary.

I enjoy White's Glossary, and even refer to it from time-to-time as a working glossary because it covers, with some detail, a diversity of areas: schedules of reinforcement, stimulus control, respondent conditioning, and more--as well as some basics of statistical analysis and, of course, precision teaching. It also has an advantage in that this compact volume is eminently readable in bed or in the bathtub--two places where laptops or desktops are unlikely to be found.

Pricing on the Glossary is kind of hit or miss--I bought mine for $2 at an online used book vendor, but I've also seen the identical item being listed for $50+ (check a bookseller search engine and see what kind of pricing you can find). It's good, but $50 good?...hmmm, maybe better to wait for something a little more economical.

Past posts on Owen R. White:
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Video of Precision Teacher Dr. Owen R. White delivering IPTC 2009 Keynote Address

This post is an updated reprint of a post from
Good Behavioral Reads blog


Other "Blast from the past" post(s):
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
BLAST FROM THE PAST: (1970) Charting Rates with Stephanie Bates

For further reading or study

Other works authored or co-authored by Owen R. White
Listing from Worldcat.org

Owen R. White's webpage
University of Washington
EDSPE 510 Classroom Measurement and Management

Rick Kubina's interview of Owen R. White at the PT Party website
November 2007

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This latest book is available from Behavior Research Company.

Abigail was a student of Eric Haughton and Ogden Lindsley, the major early figures in the field of Precision Teaching; her unique specialty within the field is the counting and charting of "inners", that is the covert behaviors of thoughts, feelings, and urges, with an eye to improving these "inners" and consequently a person's attitude towards him/herself and life. Her first experiment in the counting and charting of these "inners" and how doing so changed her life, is recounted in, "A Minute a Day Makes Good Feelings Grow". Since that time the study of "inners" has continued to be her particular interest.

More about Abigail, her interests, and her writing (in fiction and poetry, as well as in science) can be found at her website.

Recently Rick Kubina interviewed Abigail on his Precision Teaching Podcast program. The interview is a fascinating account of the early days of Precision Teaching as well as her own narrative of her career and interests.

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DISCLAIMER: Information is posted for informational or educational purposes of readers but is not, nor claims to be, an official outlet of the Standard Celeration Society or any other organization or business.
Readers are directed to seek definitive information from those primary sources