Teaching with Blogs: Making Behavior Analysis More Accessible to Students

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Schneider, who also received this award has many accomplishments in the field of behavior analysis, most currently dedicated to addressing climate change from the perspective of behavior science. The award centered on book The Science of Consequences, How They Affect Genes, Change the Brain, and Impact Our World. Schneider’s book is now available in Spanish, La Ciencia de Las Consecuencias. She also has a blog and keeps an updated list of recommended (an annotated) books on climate change and sustainability.

Consider Using Blogs to Teach Behavior Analysis

This is a blog. Ok, the answer to the question does end here. A few general characteristics of blogs from WIXBlog are, they are:

  • Aimed at a broader audience,
  • Often written in a conversational style
  • Presented in reverse chronological order (with the most recent blog posted first),
  • Can be personal or professional, and
  • Can be an essential part of online community building
  • Provide links to other websites, and resources

Although blogs may be used to journal or chronicle experiences, the uses of blogs have expanded (Polner et al., 2024; Powell et al., 2012). For instance, the purpose our Behavior Analysis Blogs,

“(…) is to connect behavior analyst practitioners, researchers, academicians, and other supporters of the field to newsworthy items relevant to the science of behavior. Included will be news stories, scholarly articles, commentaries, and occasional guest bloggers. All the bloggers will be sharing their perspectives on various aspects of our science and its links to both practice and the world at large.” (https://science.abainternational.org/)

Image above is a screenshot of Behavior Analysis Blogs website from: https://science.abainternational.org/

Image on the right by StockSnap from Pixabay

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Joshi, M., & Chugh, R. (2008). New paradigms in the teaching and learning of accounting: Use of educational blogs for reflective thinking. International Journal of Education and Development using ICT, 5(3). Retrieved from http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/viewarticle.php?id=664

Lindsley O. R. (1991). From technical jargon to plain English for application. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 24(3), 449–458. https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1991.24-449

Mormer, E. (2018). What’s in your teaching toolbox? Seminars in Hearing, 39(1), 107–114. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1613710

Oliver, K. H. & Coble, R. R. (2016). Teaching with blogs. Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching. Retrieved August 22, 2024 from https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/teaching-with-blogs/

Polner, M. et al. (2024, April 29). How to start a blog and make money in 2024. Forbes. Retrieved from: https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/start-a-blog/

Powell, D. A., Jacob, C. J. & Chapman, B. J. (2012). Using blogs and new media in academic practice: Potential roles in research, teaching, learning, and extension. Innovative Higher Education, 37, 271–282 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10755-011-9207-7


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