Response to Intervention and Precision Teaching—Creating Synergy in the Classroom

Johnson, director of an elementary and middle school academy, and Street (psychology, Central Washington U.) show current and aspiring general and special education teachers, school psychologists, and administrators how to use the instructional technology known as precision teaching with the response to intervention framework to improve the academic skills of students. Drawing on experiences at Johnson's academy, they describe each practice and ways to combine them, including their history, the framework of response to intervention, and practices of precision teaching; aspects of content analysis that inform precision teaching, including component-composite analysis, types of learning, and learning channels; what precision technology looks like in practice, with a focus on a peer coaching model; its role in reading, math, and writing, with examples of curricula and practice sheets; the use of precision teaching practices in the content areas; and how it contributes to learners' abilities to engage in project-based learning. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)