Julie S. Vargas - Behavior Analysis for Effective Teaching

Behavior Analysis for Effective Teaching

Second Edition

This book is outstanding in several ways, including its clarity of presentation. It differs from most educational texts by stressing not what is to be taught, but instead how to teach effectively, no matter what the curriculum. It derives a practical teaching technology from a basic science of behavior and shows teachers how to use that technology creatively. The book also demonstrates how a scientific analysis leads directly to a teaching methodology that provides students with positive consequences for learning rather than negative consequences for failing to learn.

Murray Sidman, author of Coercion and its Fallout

Julie S. Vargas has written the first modern book that really teaches you how to TEACH. Teaching smoothly, happily, and humanely is not a skill we re born with, but it can be learned. From her unique position as a distinguished behavioral scientist, a parent, and a former elementary school teacher, Vargas shows you how to run a rambunctious classroom without yelling, and how to reinforce the behavior you want instead of constantly battling the behavior you don t want. It seems our educational system too often throws new teachers into the classroom to figure it all out for themselvesand some never do. Here s the answer: a clear and rewarding book about teaching that will painlessly give you the behavioral skills you need for success.

Karen Pryor, author of Reaching the Animal Mind: Clicker Training and
What it Teaches Us About All Animals

This book shows teachers and other human service professionals working in school settings how to employ non-aversive, behavior analysis principles in classrooms and other school settings. Marked by its clear writing and multitude of real-classroom examples, this book is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate courses in teacher education, special education, school psychology, and school counseling. Behavior Analysis for Effective Teaching makes a perfect text for one of the required courses for the Credentialing Exam of the Behavior Analysis Certification Board (BACB). Outstanding features include:

• A classroom focus that seamlessly integrates behavior management with effective classroom instruction.
• Up-to-date research covering topics such as tag teaching, precision teaching, verbal behavior, autism, and computer-aided instruction.
• Pedagogical strategies including in-chapter quizzes and problem-solving exercises.
• A companion website featuring instructor test banks, illustrative videos, and further resources.

Julie S. Vargas, Ph.D., is a former third and fourth grade teacher. She taught behavior analysis to undergraduate education majors and practicing teachers for over 30 years. She is past president of the Association for Behavior Analysis International and one of the founding editors of The Behavior Analyst . Dr. Vargas has written three books and many chapters and articles on educational practices. She is currently President of the B. F. Skinner Foundation.