Teaching Diverse Learners

what does the term learning diversity mean?

• Differences in learning based on abilities, interests or experiences.

• what gives schools their richness

• allows students to spend the amount of time they personally need to master concepts.

• methods indivisuals perfer and find most effective to absorb and process information.

what learning style would be linked to a child singing their ABC's?

• Auditory

• Kinesthetic

• visual

• All of the above

What learning style would be linked to a child placing magnetic alphabet shapes on a refrigerator door and identifying them?

• auditory

• kinesthetic

• visual

• all of the above

what learning style would be linked to creating letter shapes with the fingers ?

• Auditory

• kinesthetic

• visual

• Both B & C

How are pull-out programs used in gifted education ?

• Spend the amount of time they personally need to master certain concepts.

• organized to emphasize a particular subject area, suchas science, or promote an area of talent, such as the arts.

• Students leave regular classes to participate in educational sessions geared towards specific needs.

• Remain in regular classes but their teachers tailor some learning opportunities and projects to their special interest and abilities.

Who makes up the team that develops an Indivisualized Education Program (IEP) for a student?

• Child's Parent or Guardian

• Teachers

• School administrator and Special Edcation teeacher

• All of the above

What is NOT a characteristic of a visual learner ?

• Takes detailed notes

• Often distracted by sounds or talking

• Doodles

• Perfers written and visual material

What is NOT a characteristic of auditory learner?

• Often distracted by sounds or talking

• Perfers to listen to information

• Perfers oral directions

• Doodles

What is NOT a characteristic of a kinesthetic-tactile learner?

• Takes difficult notes

• Remembers how things were done

• May not take notes

• Finds it difficult to sit still

what is the difference between gifted and talented learners?

• Gifted learners excell academically while Talented learners excell in other areas such as music, art, etc.

• Their is no difference

• Gifted learners excell in other areas such as music, art, etc. while Talented excell academically

• Both A & B