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melly21297 · **on:** Jul 31, 2018

Describe adaptations for classroom lectures that would be appropriate for students with learning disabilities.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What is strategy instruction? Give examples. What are the arguments for and against its use with students with learning disabilities?

What will be an ideal response?

miss_1456@hotmail.com · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 31, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answers could include:

Provide an advance organizer.
Provide an outline for lecture notetaking.
Provide questions before the lecture to focus on key points.
Review key vocabulary.
Teach the student what clues to listen for in lectures.
Have the student paraphrase the information periodically.

Answer to Question 2

Students should explain that strategy instruction breaks down the skills involved in a task or problem into sequential steps. Students are then taught these steps, often with the help of memory devices. Strategies often require the use of metacognitive skills for evaluation and monitoring.

Arguments for: Use of direct instruction to teach specific skills is appropriate for learning styles of students with learning disabilities; focus on metacognition.
Arguments against: Students with learning disabilities may not be able to generalize the use of these strategies; significant time commitment to teach.