Rethinking Students
A document that provides a person-centered, strengths-based, and in-depth understanding of the individual (Causton & Tracy-Bronson, 2015, p. 55)
What is a Positive Student Profile?
Type of intelligence that is good with words and language whether that is written or spoken (p. 59)
What is verbal/linguistic intelligence?
Various ways of this learning can include: diary, editorial essay, fiction story, interview, letter, journal lesson (p. 109-111)
What is linguistic?
The people in your class whom you should be aware of their likes, dislikes, intelligences, strengths, and information about their communication, behavior, and academic and subject-specific performance (p. 98)
What is students?
Changes in what a student is expected to learn (p. 116)
Assuming everyone is capable of understanding and learning, even in the instance where there are certain behaviours and signs that say otherwise (p. 59)
What is presuming competence?
A type of intelligence that shows a preference for reasoning, using numbers, and patterns (p. 59)
What is logical-mathematical intelligence?
Various ways of this learning can include: graph, puzzle, timeline, venn diagram, code, charts (p. 109-111)
What is logical/mathematical?
Examples: dressing like a character of the book the class is reading to generate interest, playing a song involving the unit of study, putting on a skit (p. 103)
What is lesson hooks?
Changes in how a student gains access to information and demonstrates learning; do not substantially change the instruction (p. 115)
What is accommodation?
Speaking to or about an individual with a disability in accordance with their actual chronological ages (p. 60)
What is age-appropriate language?
A type of intelligence that has a better ability to recognize tonal patterns and has a sensitivity to rhythms or beats (p. 59)
What is musical intelligence?
Various ways of this learning can include: charades, dance, painting, puppet show, role play (p. 109-111)
What is bodily/kinesthetic?
Example: ticket out the door, silent collective brainstorm on board to gather thoughts, popcorn share (p. 105)
What is lesson closures?
Ex: a test taken orally, additional test time, peer support during note taking, tape recorded lectures, using a computer for writing (p. 117)
What is accommodations?
Speaking, writing, or describing someone by focusing on the individual and not their disability, difficulties, or struggles (p. 63)
What is person-first language?
A type of intelligence that is good at learning when it involves person-to-person interactions and relationships (p. 59)
What is interpersonal intelligence?
Various ways of this learning can include: animated movie, cartoon, clay sculpture, diorama, display, collage, pictures (p. 109-111)
What is spatial?
Monitoring students' learning progress based on the goals and objectives and collecting observations and data to gain a clear picture of student understanding (p. 104)
What is assessment?
Ex: an outline instead of an essay for a major project, using a calculator during a math test, projects taken instead of written reports, picture symbol choices on tests instead of text
What is accommodations?
Looking at certain concepts or situations in different ways, usually in a positive sense (p. 55)
What is reframing?
The type of intelligence that is better at learning that involves self-reflection and awareness (p. 59)
What is intrapersonal intelligence?
Various ways of this learning can include: field trip, field study, leaf collecting, scientific drawing, fossil collecting (p. 109-111)
What is naturalist?
The step in designing inclusive lessons when the teacher asks themselves: What did the students learn from this, what did the students have success with, what did the students have difficulty with? (p. 107)
An item, device, or service that directly aids a child with disabilities (p. 128)
What is assistive technology device?