Teaching Study Skills

1.    Students with learning difficulties often do not have good study and learning strategies. These students may require all of the following EXCEPT .

• controlled practice

• Explicit Instruction in learning strategies

• Joint Attention Skills

• Feedback

When teaching students to become independent learners, teachers should provide “tools for learning” such as.

• self-monitoring

• self-involvement

• self-esteem

• self-awareness

Students with disabilities often need assistance with developing personal organizational skills. An example of a strategy for developing this skill is .

• Focus on transitional statements

• Post and review class and time schedules

• Brainstorm topic ideas

• Use of Internet

Task analysis involves breaking a task or assignment into smaller tasks or steps. A step of task analysis includes .

•   Asking for help

• Working with a partner

• Sequencing steps

• Reading the textbook

Some students with disabilities may need to have homework assignments adapted. One way to adapt homework assignments is .

• modify the type and amount of homework

• excuse the child from doing homework

• give more homework to reinforce skills

• ask their parents to do homework

Using a planner, understanding schedules, using time schedules, and being organized for completing homework assignments are aspects of what some experts call .

• self-management skills

• self-determination

• self-advocacy skills

• self-evaluation skills

When addressing requisite listening skills which of the following is the first step in the process?

• Determine if students can hear the speaker adequately

• Determine whether an attention problem exists

• Determine if the students understand the speaker

• Judge whether students can recognize and select important points from lectures or presentations

Students with good listening skills can .

• give instructions instead of the teacher

• repeat instruction for those who weren't listening

• write down instructions for others

• follow along and understand what is expected of them

The following considerations can support homework completion for students with diverse needs except.

•     do not assume the student has a quiet place for homework

• Invite the family to your house for dinner

• ensure that homework has clear academic purpose

• ensure that the task does not take on inordinate amount of time

When lecturing to students, it helps to do all of the following EXCEPT .

•    write key points on an overhead or the chalkboard

• present diagrams or visual representations

• stop frequently and encourage students to ask questions

• shorten lecture by increasing the pace