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The following strategies are used for joining learning levels to the curriculum:
Advanced Organizers
- · These can be charts, graphic organizers, and study guides.
- · This is a technique that helps the student to comprehend the organization of the material to be learned prior to actually studying the material.
- · The student can mentally organize his or her studies.
Anchor Activities
- · These are on-going assignments tied to curriculum and for which students are accountable that are worked on independently through marking period or longer.
Chunking
- · This is the process of breaking assignments and/or activities into more manageable parts.
- · Provide more structured directions for each part.
Compacting
- · Pre-assess students and giving them credit for
what they already know and they are allowed to move forward in curriculum studies.
LEARNING STYLES
help us motivate students by understanding their difficulties and knowing how all students learn best.
Visual Learner: The Seeing-is-Believing Student.
Has difficulties:
- · Taking action before either seeing or reading about what needs to be done.
- · Working in an environment with noise or movement.
- · Listening to lectures without visual pictures or graphics to illustrate.
Learns best by:
- · Taking notes and making lists to read later.
- · Reading information to be learned.
- · Seeing a demonstration.
Auditory Learner: The Talking, Listening Student.
Has difficulties:
- · Reading quickly when not allowed to vocalize.
- · Reading silently for prolonged periods of time.
- · Following directions that are only written.
- · Taking time tests that must be read and written.
- · Concentrating when distracting sounds are present.
Learns best by:
- · Talking aloud.
- · Listening to a lecture.
- · Discussing in small or large groups.
- · Hearing music without words as a background in the learning environment.
Kinesthetic Learner: The Action Student.
Has difficulties:
- · Interpreting nonverbal communication.
- · Having legible cursive writing (is better at printing or using a keyboard).
- · Sitting still.
- · Communicating without getting physically close to another person.
- · Recalling what was seen or heard (is better at recalling what was done).
Learns best by:
- · Doing, hands-on approach(manipulation, objects, simulation)
- · Field trips to gain knowledge.
- · Small group discussion.
Tactual Learner: The Feeling/Tactile, Touching Student.
Has difficulties:
- · Learning if his or her feelings are hurt.
- · Succeeding without teacher approval and respect.
- · Working in groups in which he or she is not liked and respected.
- · Being in class with a teacher whose interpersonal skills are undeveloped.
Learns best by:
- · Liking and respecting the teacher.
- · Progressing at own pace.
- · Rewriting notes taken in class.
- · Working with things they can handle.
- · Having a comfortable, secure classroom climate and environment.
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