Name That Theorist
This theorist believes that the stages of development are universal and believes students should not be taught certain skills until they reach a certain stage of development.
Who is Jean Piaget?
When teaching a student with a learning disability, it can be useful to use this strategy which involves encouraging students to help each other learn; however, that does not mean assigning group work is the solution because many students with learning disabilities work better alone or with one partner.
What is cooperative learning?
In order for a teach to intervene in what they believe to be a behavioural problem; they should spend one to two weeks collecting this.
What is Baseline Data?
This type of motivation should be eliminated from schools in order to change to students having more control over what is learned and their behaviour.
What is extrinsic motivation?
This fourth step involves the teacher explaining the IEP to those affected, and putting the IEP into practice, meaning the teacher needs to modify and adapt lessons when needed according to the IEP.
What is implement?
This theorist believes that student learning needs to be scaffolded by classmates and/or a teacher with knowledge of certain subjects. This can involve breaking down a problem into smaller steps providing support for the student.
Who is Lev Vygotsky?
One strategy to help students with learning disabilities is to provide them with concrete examples. In math this often takes the form of this.
What are math manipulatives?
When observing a student, it is important to look for this around the student to determine what is causing the inappropriate behaviour.
What are Environmental Stimuli?
Teachers can create a community of learners by allowing an active this, which involves focusing on students deciding what they need to know and focus on, along with being involved in creating their learning goals for a project.
What is self-directed learning?
During this third step when dealing with a potential IEP, teachers should identify the goals and expectations for the student, determine what strategies and resources can be used and create a transition plan if the student is going into high school.
What is Develop?
This theorist indicates to teachers that they need to help students achieve the five basic needs of survival, belonging, power, freedom and fun.
Who is William Glasser?
A useful strategy to help students with learning disabilities to do this can involve showing a version of what you want done or showing an example on the board.
What is Modeling?
When doing this, after the teacher has determined what is causing the problem, the next steps are to determine what reinforcers to use, if using any, that are necessary and to create a schedule of reinforcement to use.
What is Arranging Consequences?
A way to involve students in their own learning is to implement this in the classroom, which has students and the teacher engaging in a class discussion to determine what the class already knows about a subject and what they would like to learn. Teachers can guide this by offering suggestions and explaining why they have made certain suggestions.
What is Collaborative Curriculum Development?
This is the first step when working with IEPs, which involves teachers looking at student records, consulting with the student, parents, school staff and other relevant professionals. The teacher should also observe the student and look at the current course work of the student.
What is gather information?
This theorist believes the ideal classroom should look like the teacher works with their students and is welcoming, for example, the classroom having a constant buzz of activity and tasks being completed in groups or pairs with more than one activity taking place at once.
Who is Alfie Kohn?
This method of assessment can be used by teachers to see how students have progressed on a project or in a unit, allowing for attention to be paid to the improvements the students have made in their learning.
What is Portfolio assessment?
In the classroom, examples of this occurs when teachers have sensible rules, use appropriate praise and plan ignoring inappropriate behaviour.
What is Behavioural Control?
According to Kohn, the classroom environment should not be this, instead it should showcase work from all students that emphasize the different learning styles in the classroom.
What is cookie cutter classroom?
This second stage of involving students with potential IEP’s involves the teacher collaborating with the student, parents and special education staff of the school and establishing their respective roles and responsibilities.
What is set a direction?
This theorist believes that it is experiences that cause changes in behaviour, which would have teachers being aware that it is the environment that affects student behaviour.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
Another method of assessment is used when students are in the middle of problem solving and the teacher interrupts the process to ask them why they have done what they have.
What is Dynamic Assessment?
There are many problems with using behaviour modification in the classroom because it cannot make up for bad teaching, meaning teachers should always focus on good teaching meaning that behaviourism should only be this.
What is short term solution?
A way of evaluating students that involves backward curriculum design, as the students will choose an area that interests them and help develop what part of the curriculum the unit will focus on and how they will be evaluated.
What is self-designed evaluation?
During the final stage of the IEP process for students, the IEP should be reviewed by the teacher and updated when needed. The IEP should then be stored in this.
What is Ontario Student Record or OSR?