Scribd
Upload
99 views18 pages

Errorless Learning for ESOL Students

The document discusses errorless learning, a teaching strategy used in special education and for ESOL students. It describes errorless learning as an antecedent intervention that uses prompts to support learners responding correctly without errors. The advantages are it decreases errors and reduces frustration, while the disadvantage is it could increase prompt dependence. It provides a 4 step process to implement errorless learning: 1) identify the skill, 2) determine the prompt level, 3) conduct teaching trials with prompts, 4) repeat trials fading prompts. An example demonstrates using modeling, verbal and visual prompts to teach sight words and then fading prompts.

Uploaded by

api-483592133
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
99 views18 pages

Errorless Learning for ESOL Students

The document discusses errorless learning, a teaching strategy used in special education and for ESOL students. It describes errorless learning as an antecedent intervention that uses prompts to support learners responding correctly without errors. The advantages are it decreases errors and reduces frustration, while the disadvantage is it could increase prompt dependence. It provides a 4 step process to implement errorless learning: 1) identify the skill, 2) determine the prompt level, 3) conduct teaching trials with prompts, 4) repeat trials fading prompts. An example demonstrates using modeling, verbal and visual prompts to teach sight words and then fading prompts.

Uploaded by

api-483592133
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
  • Errorless Learning Introduction
  • Session Objectives
  • Standards
  • Challenges with Current Methods
  • What is Errorless Learning?
  • Errorless Learning Techniques
  • Advantages and Disadvantages
  • Target Audience
  • Non-Target Audience
  • Interactive Practice
  • 4 Steps to Implement
  • Step 1: Identify Skill
  • Step 2: Determine Prompt Level
  • Step 3: Conduct Teaching Trial
  • Step 4: Fade Prompts
  • Demonstration of Errorless Learning
  • Interactive Exercise
  • Conclusion and References

ERRORLESS

LEARNING
Teacher Leader Project
April 20, 2021
By Student Support Department Sue Park
Today we will learn a teaching strategy
SESSION called Errorless Learning commonly
OBJECTIVES have used for Special Education
students to teach ESOL students.
CSTP 1.4 Using a variety of instructional strategies,
resources, and technologies to meet students’ diverse
learning needs.

CSTP 3.6 Addressing the needs of English learners and


student with special needs to provide equitable access
to the content

STANDARDS Teacher Leader Standards Domain II : Accessing and


Using Research to Improve Practice and Student
Learning: a) Assists colleagues in accessing and using
research in order to select appropriate strategies to
improve student learning

NBPTS Proposition 1 : Teachers are committed to


students and their learning
HAVE YOU TRIED EVERYTHING?

Do you have ESOL students who still


don't recognize sight words of his/her
grade level even though they were
exposed for a long time?
WHAT IS ERRORLESS LEARNING?

Errorless learning is an
antecedent intervention
from Applied Behavior
Analysis (ABA).
1. ERRORLESS LEARNING?

Instructors use prompts to support the


learner in responding correctly. The
instructor then systematically fades the
prompts to promote independent
responding.
Advantages Disadvantages

•Decreases the •May become


likelihood of dependent on
errors the prompts
2. ADVANTAGES •Reduces the
learner’s
AND frustration and
DISADVANTAGES any problem
behavior
•More
opportunities
for
reinforcement
Who is struggling to learn a
new skill through traditional
teaching strategies.

3. TO New tasks or mistakes


cause the learner to engage

WHOM? in problem behaviors.

Who develop routines


quickly and may repeatedly
respond incorrectly because
it is part of a routine.
Acquire skills quickly with

3. BUT traditional teaching


methods

NOT TO
WHOM Easily become prompt
dependent
NOW YOU TRY

1. What are the advantages of Errorless


Learning?

2. What kinds of prompts are there?

3. Is the Errorless Learning suitable for all


students?
Identify the
Step 1 skill

Identify the
4. 4 STEPS Step 2 level of prompt

TO
IMPLEMENT Step 3
Begin the
teaching trial

Repeat trials,
Step 4 fade prompts
4. STEP1

Identify the skill to be taught and how you will know the
learner has mastered the skill
•Academic tasks such as letter recognition, sight words, or shapes
•Communication skills, including receptive skills such as
responding to verbal prompts and expressive skills such as asking
for something they want
•Life skills such as cooking or hand washing
Identify the level of
prompt needed to ensure
a correct response

4. STEP 2 •Physical
•Gestural
•Verbal
•Visual
•Modeling
4. STEP 3

If the learner responds


correctly, provide
immdeiate positive
Begin the teaching Provide the level of reinforcement
trial by prossessing prompt identified in
the task Step 2 If the learener reponds
incrrectly, increase the
level of prompt during
the next trial
4. STEP 4

Repeat trials, systematically fade


prompts to ensure continued correct
responses until the learner can
respond independently at the level
identified during Step 1.
DEMONSTRATION OF
ERRORLESS LEARNING
• Step1 Teach sight words
• Step 2 Modeling + Verbal + Visual prompts
Modeling: show and read the word
Verbal: first letter sound of the word
Visual: color
• Step 3 Begins the teaching trial.
• Step4 Fade out prompts
NOW YOU TRY
Reference
Amelia Dalphonse, "4 Things You Need to Know About Errorless
Learning" [Link]

ERRORLESS LEARNING Teacher Leader Project April 20, 2021 By Student Support Department Sue Park
SESSION OBJECTIVES Today we will learn a teaching strategy called Errorless Learning commonly have used for Special Educat
STANDARDS CSTP 1.4 Using a variety of instructional strategies, resources, and technologies to meet students’ diverse learn
HAVE YOU TRIED EVERYTHING? Do you have ESOL students who still don't recognize sight words of his/her grade level even thou
WHAT IS ERRORLESS LEARNING? Errorless learning is an antecedent intervention from Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA).
1. ERRORLESS LEARNING? Instructors use prompts to support the learner in responding correctly. The instructor then systemat
2. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES Advantages •Decreases the likelihood of errors •Reduces the learner’s frustration and an
3. TO WHOM? Who is struggling to learn a new skill through traditional teaching strategies. New tasks or mistakes cause t
3. BUT NOT TO WHOM Acquire skills quickly with traditional teaching methods Easily become prompt dependent
NOW YOU TRY 1. What are the advantages of Errorless Learning? 2. What kinds of prompts are there? 3. Is the Errorless Learn

You might also like