Precision Teaching and Behavior Dynamics
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PRECISION TEACHING: DISCOVERIES AND APPLICATIONS
Precision Teaching and Behavior Dynamics Richard M. Kubina Jr 1
# Association for Behavior Analysis International 2020
Abstract Precision teaching (PT) comprises a sophisticated measurement and decision-making system aimed at helping its users foster superior outcomes for the clients or students they serve. The longevity of PT has led to many discoveries surrounding measurement, performance, learning, and behavior change. The contributions to knowledge derive from a range of studies. Some of the research uses single-case experimental designs, whereas the majority employs an approach called behavior dynamics. The use of behavior dynamics distinguishes PT from behavior analysis. Behavior dynamics does not seek to uncover functional relations. Nevertheless, behavior dynamics represents a sound approach to conduct research, generate reliable information, and engender knowledge. Keywords Behavior dynamics . Precision teaching . Single-case experimental design . Standard celeration chart
Lindsley frequently gave credit to his mentor Skinner for his contributions to measurement and precision teaching (PT). In the opening paragraph of an article describing Skinner’s influence, Lindsley wrote, “Precision teaching inherited ‘rate of response’ and ‘cumulative response recording’ from Skinner. This legacy is unique since precision teaching is the only instructional system derived from Skinner’s work to use his monitoring method exclusively” (Lindsley, 1991, p. 253). In Skinner on Measurement, Lindsley further described the elegance of his mentor’s measurement system. As an example, cumulative response recording offered all first-generation behavior analysts a visual display that provided (a) real-time data visualizations, (b) individual behavior statistics, (c) standard slopes for all organisms, and (d) a doubling scale. The standard celeration chart (SCC) and PT not only descended from Skinner’s measurement system but also became one of Lindsley’s great contributions to the world. PT does not require its users to adopt a specific curriculum or instructional method (White, 2005a). Instead, PT functions as an elegant measurement and decision-making system ripe Research Highlights • The article will describe precision teaching as a system.. • The concept of behavior dynamics is explained. • The article also contrasts behavior dynamics and single-case experimental design. * Richard M. Kubina, Jr [email protected] 1
The Pennsylvania University Park, State College, PA, USA
for any behavior-change project. Both practitioners and researchers can benefit from PT in practice and experimental undertakings. Some of the many benefits follow the fourstep PT process. First, pinpointing behavior or using a standard framework for precisely labeling target behaviors leads to clearly defined data targets and enhances communication of such data targets (Kubina & Yurich, 2012). A second benefit stems from an exclusive focus on dimensional measurement by applying universal and absolute metrics tha
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