Building behaviors: Teach the pieces before you assemble them

By Mary Hunter M.Sc.

I’d like to share a quote with you from behavior analyst Dr. Beth Sulzer-Azaroff. (Editor’s note: Dr. Beth Sulzer-Azaroff was a pioneer in the field of behavior analysis who passed away in Feb 2022 at the age of 92).

I first came across Dr. Sulzer-Azaroff’s work a handful of years ago when I was redesigning an undergraduate class that I taught at that time. My mission, which was to learn as much as I could about mastery-based instruction and Dr. Fred Keller’s Personalized System of Instruction, led me to some of the articles and textbooks by Dr. Sulzer-Azaroff.

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