Strategy Instruction for Middle and Secondary Students with Mild Disabilities

Creating Independent Learners

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

Strategies. If we are to improve instruction for students with disabilities and
probably for all students, science teachers must be willing to accommodate
instruction and adjust the learning environment . . . teaching fewer concepts with
richer ...