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63 Tactics for Teaching Diverse Learners, K-6
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63 Tactics for Teaching Diverse Learners, K-6

December 2008 | 160 pages | Corwin
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Evidence-based practices to help you meet students' diverse learning needs in your classroom! This collection presents teacher-tested instructional strategies and tactics that have proven highly successful for primary students with or without disabilities and across content and grade levels. The authors provide a practical, research-based teaching model that focuses on planning, managing, delivering, and evaluating instruction. Readers will find:

descriptions of how to teach students with diverse learning styles and needs

feedback from teachers on each of the tactics

indexes for finding practices relevant to a specific subject, grade, or learning difficulty

a listing by disability for locating the instructional approach best suited to individual students' special needs.

 
Preface
 
Acknowledgements
 
About the Authors
 
Part 1: Planning Instruction
 
1: Decide What to Teach
Assess to Identify Gaps in Performance

 
Establish Logical Sequences of Instruction

 
Consider Contextual Variable

 
 
2: Decide How to Teach
Set Instructional Goals

 
Establish Performance Standards

 
Choose Instructional Methods and Materials

 
Establish Groups Structures

 
Pace Instruction Appropriately

 
Monitor Performance and RePlan Instruction

 
 
3: Communicate Realistic Expectations
Teach Goals, Objective, and Standards

 
Teach Students to be Active, Involved Learners

 
Teach Students Consequences of Performance

 
Part II: Managing Instruction

 
 
4: Prepare for Instruction
Set Classroom Rules

 
Communicate and Teach Classroom Rules

 
Communicate Consequences of Behavior

 
Handle Disruptions Efficiently

 
Teach Students to Manage their own Behavior

 
 
5: Use Time Productively
Establish Routines and Procedures

 
 
Organize Physical Space
Allocate Sufficient Time to Academic Activities

 
 
6: Establish Positive Classroom Environment
Make the Classroom a Pleasant, Friendly Place

 
Accept Individual Differences

 
Establish Supportive, Cooperative Learning Environments

 
Create a Nonthreatening Learning Environment

 
 
Part III: Delivering Instruction
 
7: Present Information
Presenting Content

 
Motivating Students

 
Teaching Thinking Skills

 
Providing Relevant Practice

 
 
8: Monitor Presentations
Providing Feedback

 
Keeping Students Actively Involved

 
 
Ch. 9: Adjust Presentations
Adapt Lessons to Meet Student Needs

 
Provide Varied Instructional Options

 
Alter Pace

 
 
Part IV: Evaluating Instruction
 
10: Monitor Student Understanding
Check Understanding of Directions

 
Check Procedural Understanding

 
Monitor Student Success Rate

 
 
11: Monitor Engaged Time
Check Student Participation

 
Teach Students to Monitor their own Participation

 
 
Ch. 12: Keep Records of Student Progress
Teach Students to Chart their own Progress

 
Regularly Inform Students of Performance

 
Maintain Records of Student Performance

 
 
13: Use Data to Make Decisions
Use Data to Decide if More Services are Warranted

 
Use Student Progress to Make Teaching Decisions

 
Use Student Progress to Decide When to Discontinue Service

 
 
References
 
Additional Readings
 
Index

“I love the way the book addresses specific behaviors and classroom situations. The format is consistent throughout the text, which makes it easy to find information on a specific topic, skill, or content area.”

Roxie Ahlbrecht, Second-Grade Teacher
Robert Frost Elementary School, Sioux Falls, SD

"Provides research-based strategies that educators can immediately put into practice to meet their students' unique learning needs. The authors have given us an invaluable tool for success in today's increasingly diverse classrooms and changing educational contexts."

Holly Ishman, Elementary Teacher
Aurora Public Schools, CO

"An in-depth, effectively organized resource guide for teachers at all grade levels, putting meaningful, practical strategies and activities just a page-turn away. Filled with the voices of teachers and students, this book won’t have time to gather dust on the shelves of teachers concerned with student success in inclusive classrooms and in today’s educational climate."

Ruth Devlin, ELL Teacher
Paradise Professional Development School, Las Vegas, NV

"When teachers are reaching for solutions, they should reach for this book. Positive and proactive tactics to deal with students' problematic behaviors are provided, and the range of instructional tactics enables teachers to be more responsive to students' learning needs."

Peggy King-Sears, Professor of Special Education
George Mason University

Sample Materials & Chapters

Preface

Chapter 1: Decide What to Teach

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