There has been a significant decrease in the percentage of children placed in congregate care settings in the. past decade, and this reduction is at a greater rate than the overall foster care population (-37 percent compared. to -21 percent). Children also spend a shorter amount of time in congregate care (an average of 8 months) than children placed in other types of settings (an average of 11 months).
Margaret Taylor Smith developed Multisensory Teaching Approach (MTA) in the mid 80's as a refined and more âteacher friendlyâ curriculum that enhances and further develops Alphabetic Phonics by teaching for mastery.
Time-on-task, a significant unit in AFTâs ER&D Foundations of Effective Teaching, has been one of the most widely discussed concepts among researchers, administrators, and educators since the 1970âs. This discussion actually began with John Carrollâs 1963 paper, âA Model of School Learningâ, which directly linked learning to time.