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The Training And Supervision Of Practicum Students To Utilize Precision Teaching With Exceptional Children, Shelley Cindy Obrand

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

Graduate students were given the opportunity to become involved in a teacher training program as a practicum experience toward advanced degrees in elementary education, learning disabilities, emotional handicaps or reading. The major focus of the practicum dealt with the training and supervision of practicum students in utilizing precision teaching to instruct children (grades K-6) within the framework of a specialized program. The aims were to increase teachers' repertoires of instructional methods, behavioral management techniques, and to develop a training manual to have teachers utilize precision teaching. The program contained three pre-service workshops and seven in-service workshops. The format for each …