An Advantage of Community- Based Instruction

Community-Based Instruction is instruction that is carried out outside the confines of the classroom. Students either walk or take public transportation to travel to a nearby grocery store, restaurant, convenience store, etc.. and apply skills that they have learned within a classroom environment. This is a clear example of training using sufficient exemplars. The behavior of making a purchase is not always performed in exactly the same way in exactly the same place. Students need to be provided with sufficient lessons and examples to generalize the skill of making a purchase. Student store in a classrom is one way of teaching this skill; however, performing this skill in a real life situation allows for generalization. The community is the most ideal place of instruction since it also prepares them for the realities of daily living.