Breaking the structuralist barrier. Literacy and numeracy with fluency.
Behavior analysis is an example of a selection science, and behavioral programs that follow the tenets of selectionism, long advocated by B. F. Skinner, can have a large impact on social problems. This article describes the characteristics of selection sciences and their application in the Morningside Model of Generative Instruction, which addresses both adult literacy and children's learning and attention problems. School curricula are analyzed for their key component elements and underlying tool skills. Teaching procedures then establish and build these key components to fluency. New and complex repertoires then emerge with little or no instruction, producing curriculum leaps that allow students to make rapid academic advancement. Children typically gain more than two grade levels per school year, and adults advance two grades per month.
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D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D001527:Behaviorism; D002648:Child; D003479:Curriculum; D004493:Education / Q000639:trends; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D016730:Program Development; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*