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a sentence in which the first letter represents the first letter in a word or sentence to be remembered
What is an acrostic?
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deliberate, planned activities used to acquire information
What are cognitive strategies?
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a problem with phonological processing and other reading issues
What is Dyslexia?
100
a word in which each letter represents the first letter in a word or sentence to be remembered
What is acronym?
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a problem with computation, problem solving and other math issues
What is dyscalculia?
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a problem with forming letters and other issues of writing
What is dysgraphia?
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a change in the input or output method used by the teacher or student
What is accommodation?
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a change made to the curriculum that keeps the academic content the same but slightly changes the conceptual level required of the student
What is an adaptation?
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a procedure to retain an individual’s acknowledgement of success or failure
What is attribution retraining?
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the “when” and “why” of learning – metacognitive strategy
What is conditional knowledge?
300
a combination of whole class instruction, peer coaching, and cooperative learning
What is class-wide peer tutoring? CPTW
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effective teaching that includes daily review, presentation, guided practice, and weekly and monthly reviews
What is direct instruction?
300
a procedure to retain an individual’s acknowledgement of success or failure
What is attribution retraining?
300
the ability to read quickly and accurately
What is fluency?
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the “what” of learning – the facts, concepts, or definitions that must be learned
What is declarative knowledge?
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a student is involved in the general education program while also working on very different content
What is overlapping curriculum?
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devices such as acronyms, acrostics, rhymes, or songs used to aid memory
What is mnemonics
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instruments that measure how well a person develops and internally acquires information
What is process tests?
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a method to enhance recall by linking unfamiliar information to more familiar information
What is the keyword method?
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a team of professionals decides the nature of the intervention that will be used with a specific student
What is problem solving approach?
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a first stop on the web to find information about learning disabilities
What is National Center for Learning Disabilities ncld.org
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support provided by the teacher until the student is ready to assume control of learning
What are scaffolds?
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the content is the same as for most students but major changes in the outcome are made within that content
What is parallel curriculum?
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uses one universal, validated intervention for all students receiving extra help
What is standard treatment protocol approach?
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the “how” of learning – cognitive strategies
What is procedural knowledge?
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