Table of Contents

Part I Science and the Art of Teaching

1. Adding Science to the Art of Teaching

2. Finding the "Causes" of Behavior in Functional Relations

3. How We Learn

Part II Planning for Improvement

4. Setting Goals to Improve Achievement

5. Improving Sensitivity to Progress: Recording Methods

6. Making Progress Visible: Charting Methods

7. The Teacher as Researcher

Part III The Design of Instruction

8. Shaping Behavior: The Role of Postcedents

9. Teaching Concepts and Understanding: The Role of Antecedents

10. Verbal Behavior

11. Punishment and Why to Avoid it

12. Beyond Testing: Reaching the Ultimate Goals of Education