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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Just for fun: Precision Teaching Tweeters - "tw"ying out Twibes

For you users of Twitter, I've started up a Precision Teaching Twibe, aka Twitter group,

http://www.twibes.com/group/PrecisionTeaching

Making no pretense at being a fluent tweeter, but hope that this might open up an additional venue for social networking among those who use Precision Teaching and heart the chart (Standard Celeration Chart).

Some other social networking options for Precision Teachers can be found at the Facebook groups,

• precision teaching and fluency learning
• Standard Celeration Society

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Kent Johnson awarded 2009 Ernie Wing Award for Excellence in Evidence-based Education

Kent Johnson, Ph.D. and Morningside Academy, Seattle, WA is one of the recipients of the  2009 Ernie Wing Award for Excellence in Evidence-based Education , awarded

"...in recognition of their work in developing, implementing, and sustaining a “data-based decision making organization and culture” designed to provide state-of-the-art educational services..."

This prestigious award is well-deserved by Kent and the talented teachers of Morningside Academy, who apply use of good curricular design, fluency-based instruction and charting in their Generative Model of Instruction to improving the academic performance of 18,000 students via their program, having collaborative relationships with 86 programs nationally and internationally, and training new cohorts of teachers yearly in their Morningside Teachers and Summer Training Academies.

Kent has also shared his expertise as one of the founders of the online reading program,  Headsprout Early Reading.

Warm congratulations on this achievement!

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Past posts:
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
OPPORTUNITY: Summer Programs for Students & Teachers at Morningside Academy, Seattle, WA 

Related:
Johnson, K., & Street, E. M. (2004). The Morningside Model of Generative Instruction: What it means to leave no child behind. Concord, MA: Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies

Other Morningside instructional materials
Morningside Press

Johnson, K. (2009, in press). Instructional design for Precision Teaching in academics. In Marlene Cohen, Carl Binder, and Michael Fabrizio (eds.), Bridging the gap for learners with autism spectrum disorders and learning disabilities: Precision Teaching and Fluency-based Instruction. New York NY: Springer Publishing Company. 

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Readers are directed to seek definitive information from those primary sources