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Featuring detailed student cases, this book provides proven ways to teach all students academic and lifetime learning skills. Informal assessments and sample IEPs are included.
Teach your students learning strategies that will last a lifetime! Beyond facts and figures, special educators must teach their students how to learn: a skill that will sustain them for a lifetime. Offering an innovative organization, this book explains strategies within context and features: The most effective ways to teach vocabulary, reading, written language, math, and science Instructional strategies known to improve study skills, textbook skills, and self-regulation Informal assessments for each content or skill Case studies that link assessment results, IEP goals, and learning strategies Ready-to-use forms, think-alouds, and application activities
"Practical and accessible, this book provides the first step-by-step guide to cognitive strategy instruction, which has been shown to be one of the most effective instructional techniques for students with learning problems. Presented are proven strategies that students can use to improve their self-regulated learning, study skills, and performance in specific content areas, including written language, reading, and math. Clear directions for teaching the strategies in the elementary or secondary classroom are accompanied by sample lesson plans and many concrete examples. Enhancing the book's hands-on utility are more than 20 reproducible worksheets and forms"--
Practical and accessible, this book provides the first step-by-step guide to cognitive strategy instruction, which has been shown to be one of the most effective instructional techniques for students with learning problems. Presented are proven strategies that students can use to improve their self-regulated learning, study skills, and performance in specific content areas, including written language, reading, and math. Clear directions for teaching the strategies in the elementary or secondary classroom are accompanied by sample lesson plans and many concrete examples. Enhancing the book's hands-on utility are more than 20 reproducible worksheets and forms.
Focusing on the needs of secondary-level learners with common disabilities-a group often neglected by other books on the market-Teaching Students with Mild and High Incidence Disabilities at the Secondary Level presents numerous research-proven instructional methods and strategies. It thoroughly examines the methods that are effective ";across the board,"; as well as methods specific to particular challenges. The authors address special education theory and relevant research in simple, straightforward language that uses minimal jargon, making concepts accessible and understandable to all. Using case studies to show actual instruction ";as it happens,"; this book gives readers a realistic portrait of today's diverse student population. Coverage includes: special education and adolescence; instruction methods; and current and future instructional issues. An obvious resource for special education teachers, this book is also an excellent guide for all educators, as it provides information about assessment and curriculum planning.
Centered on the most recent, scientifically-based practices, Teaching Strategies for Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities, 1/e, comprehensively details everything that pre-service teachers need to effectively teach students with mild to moderate disabilities. This text includes not only empirically validated instructional strategies, but an array of relevant topics, such as the application of technology to the field and implications for changing demographics within U.S. schools. Each chapter in the book follows a pattern of instruction, by providing key topics, key questions, scenarios, "Technology Spotlights," teacher tips, summary statements, and review questions. This consistency in format throughout the text helps facilitate learning for both instructor and student. Each chapter also includes the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) standards that are addressed within the chapter, helping instructors align course content to accreditation standards.
Written by a teacher for teachers, this engaging book provides more than 100 practical strategies for students with learning disabilities, along with guidance on accommodations and assessment.
Filling an important need for K-12 educators, this highly practical book provides a step-by-step guide to cognitive strategy instruction, one of the most effective instructional techniques for struggling learners. The authors present well-validated strategies that target self-regulated learning and study skills as well as performance in specific content areas, such as writing, reading, and math. Detailed classroom examples illustrate how to teach the strategies systematically and monitor student outcomes. More than 20 reproducible worksheets, checklists, and other tools are included; purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print these materials in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. New to This Edition *Chapter on lesson planning, including extensive sample lessons for two strategies. *Chapter on handwriting and spelling. *New material on response to intervention and on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). *Expanded coverage of working memory. *Additional strategies throughout the content-area chapters.
This book describes characteristics of mild disabilities in an easy-to-read-and-understand format. It includes the best teaching practices for inclusion, behavior management, and classroom instruction. A chapter on parents highlights strategies for enhancing this school-family partnership. The book merges practical teaching strategies and solutions with the challenges posed by mildly disabled students. Includes appendices on the history of special education, the side effects of medications, and frequently used tests. Applicable to teachers and administrators who have students with mild disabilities, who are at-risk, or who are "mainstreamed" or included in the classroom.
This strategy-filled handbook will teach education professionals how they can help students with mild disabilities apply their academic skills to organization, test-taking, study skills, note taking, reading, writing, math, and advanced thinking.
