Most people have never heard of Precision Teaching (PT).  In a nutshell:

bulletThe key components of Precision Teaching are: to set time-based mastery criteria for each curriculum step, to provide daily opportunities for practice and timed measurement, to chart performance on a graph called the Standard Behavior Chart and to change procedures when the chart shows they're not working (Pennypacker, Koenig and Lindsley, 1972; White and Haring, 1980).

Click here for a plain English article introducing PT, or here for another description, or check out the book Teach Your Children Well by Michael Maloney.

NEW!!  Michael Maloney has written a new book, with homeschoolers as the primary intended audience.  The book is titled Teach Your
Children To Read Well.

Book one is for K-2nd grade. There is fluency building AND direct
instruction. Michael was the pioneer (along with Eric Haughton) of this combination.

Michael will be touring through the states with the highest percentages of homeschoolers, giving training sessions (approx. $40) and selling books (also approx. $40).

NEW!!  My Learning Partners helps parents of homeschooled children individualize and self-pace their children’s learning. A parent’s personal decision to homeschool their child shows a high level of commitment to their child’s learning. My Learning Partners was created to assure your child’s learning is a pleasant and successful experience. Daily communication between parents and MLP is one of our keys to accomplishing this goal.

Here are some other PT links to help you find out more.

bulletThe Learning Incentive, Inc., home of the Ben Bronz Academy (see actual PT charts and read PT success stories)
bulletCeleration Technologies ("dedicated to developing effective and efficient solutions to problems of teaching/training and learning. Our products and services are consistent with the following research-based assertions and observations:
bulletLearning ranges from the simple to the complex, and higher-order learning builds upon the foundation of lower components.
bulletTrue mastery requires fluency -- fast and accurate performance under appropriate conditions.
bulletDeliberate practice of component skills are requisite to mastery and expert performance .
bulletAbsent or weak component skills limit mastery of higher-order skills while fluent component skills facilitate higher level learning.
bulletInstructors can arrange conditions so that learners practice and receive feedback on relevant skills, building from simple to complex repertoires.")
bulletQLC Education Services ("a private educational service whose purpose is to help children and adults to attain their highest level of academic skills. We also provide an environment where students develop a definite purpose, quality learning habits, a strong understanding of their strengths and excitement about their own learning.")
bulletCyberslate ("an internet tutorial service providing learning opportunities for students. The idea of the Cyberslate site was conceived by Ian Spense, Mike Maloney and Michael Summers. It was created to provide intensive, computer-monitored, step-by-step educational programs to teach and practice an entire range of academic skills. The system of programs is used to practice academic skills to fluent levels from students' homes. These programs provide instant data recording and feedback to the student based on Precision Teaching principles and using a computer-generated version of the Standard Celeration Chart.")
bulletMorningside Academy, a school in Washington State that uses Precision Teaching, Direct Instruction, and other technologies.   ("All our instructional technologies are chosen because research data shows they substantially impact students' performance, and the tools or methods are replicable and transferable - meaning we can reproduce and teach them to students and other teachers by presenting specific instructions and sequences.")
bulletKaren Pryor's site describes how positive reinforcement works for everybody
bulletInstructional Systems ("covers information pertinent to the development of effective instructional systems.  I consider this site a noncommercial behavioral engineering and technology resource.")
bulletThe Universal Frequency and Celeration Site ("This site defines frequency and shares its importance to the analysis of human behavior, to general science, and to the universe in which we live.  I consider this site a noncommercial science resource.")
bulletStandard Chart Topics website. ("covers issues in standard celeration charting and Precision Teaching, and includes a page about SAFMEDS that I call 'SAFMEDS on the Web' ")
bulletBinder Raha Associates (Strategic Performance Counseling) ("We work with client organizations to identify opportunities for improving performance through systematic, or strategic, use of research-based methods. We provide consulting services, training and technology transfer that enable individuals and groups to attain fluent performance, build effective knowledge management systems and processes, and optimize ROI for their investments in human performance.)