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Modifying Instruction to Accommodate the Needs
of Diverse Learners
Lisa Smith, Instruction/Behavior ConsultantUpper Cumberland Special Education Cooperative
Phone: 606-337-3555Email: [email protected]
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Today’s Goals…
To provide participants with an overview of the process of modifying instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners
To provide participants with an overview of the frustration, anxiety and tension students with learning difficulties experience
To engage in activities and conversations for the purpose of enhancing the participants’ knowledge of the use and development of techniques for modifying instruction
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Presentation Techniques(Utilizing the Principles of Adult Learning Theory)
Discussion Small and large group activities Cooperative learning strategies (i.e., jigsaw,
think-pair-share) Self-Reflection Question and answer sessions Active Learning Strategies (i.e., role play,
scenarios, simulations) others
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Students come to school with an
expanded array of readiness levels,
interests and learning profiles.
Their interests may vary from surviving on the
street to launching rockets.
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Then we have issues like:
Gender Culture Learning style Intelligence Ability
All shape the varied waysin which students approachand respond to learning.
This calls on us to modify, or differentiate, instruction in response to students varied readiness levels, interests, and learning profiles.
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There is ample evidence that tracking struggling learners impairs their chances for high quality learning opportunities.
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Students on each end of the learning spectrum have “nonstandard” learning needs so differentiated learning opportunities are advantageous to them.
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All students within the learning spectrum benefit from flexible classrooms in which interests, learning profiles and readiness needs help sculpt instruction.
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All learners should work with “respectful tasks”
Offer tasks that encourage them to think at higher levels of thinking
Opportunities to be active learners Equally interesting and engaging tasks Work with a wide variety of peers over time Be involved with learning that is new to them Pushed a little beyond their individual
comfort zones in knowledge, insight, thinking, skills, and production
ESSENTIAL TO DIFFERENTIATION
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Flexible grouping of students enables all learners to work in a wide variety of configurations
Peers of similar readiness Similar interests Learning profiles Mixed readiness, interest, and learning
profiles Whole group Independently Student choice
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Continuum of Services707 KAR 1:350, Section 1(9/2000) Direct/Indirect Instruction
The continuum shall include the alternative placements of:
Instruction in Regular Classes Special Classes Special Schools Home Instruction Instruction in hospitals and
institutions
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What is a Modification?
A change in the way a teacher: presents information tests students has students practice
new skills so that every student has
a chance to succeed.
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Making Modifications…
To meet the diverse needs of students in our classrooms, modifications are necessary.
Modifying curriculum can be very time consuming for teachers and delivering the modified instruction for some students may be difficult with one teacher and a full classroom.
Collaborative teaching makes modified teaching more easily accomplished through shared responsibility for planning and instruction.
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Who Is Responsible for the Design and Implementation of Modifications/Extensions?
YOU ARE...The teacher who provides the instruction and assessment for the student is ultimately responsible for the implementation of the modifications/extensions.
WE ARE… The team of teachers who work together to identify specific modifications/extensions that students will need for daily instruction.
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What is Fair?
Fair does not mean that everyone receives the same thing,
but that everyone receives what they need to be successful.
Richard LaVoie
F.A.T. City
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What SOME
students will learn
What MOST students will
learn
What ALL students will learn
Schumm, Vaughn, and Harris, 1997
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Types of Modifications
There are at least 6 types of modifications: Size Time Level of Support Instruction Difficulty Output
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Types of Modifications
Size: Modify the number of
items that some learners are expected to learn
Time: Modify the time allotted
and allowed for learning, task completions or testing.
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Types of Modifications
Level of support: Increase the amount of
help by the special teacher or other sources of support such as:
Teaching assistants; Adult volunteers; Peer tutors; or Cross age tutors.
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Types of Modifications
Instruction: Modify the instruction to
be delivered to some learners:
More visuals; Hands-on leaning; Models; Taped books or
stories; Outline notes; or Cooperative learning
groups
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Types of Modifications
Difficulty: Modify the
Skill level; Problem type; Rules
For how some learners may approach the work
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Types of Modifications
Output: Modify how some
learners can respond to instruction such as:
Answering questions orally instead of writing
Showing knowledge with hands-on materials
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To Reduce FEAR and ANXIETY….
Never force the student to read out loud in class
Never have the student write on the board
Don’t allow students to grade papers or tests
Never call on the student unless they volunteer
Make sure your classroom is a safe place to make mistakes
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Class Work and Assignments….
Break assignments into small steps
Give simple, oral directions and provide a written copy of these directions when possible.
Limit the amount of copying to be done whenever possible.
Give the student a desk copy of what the class is to copy from the board.
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Techniques for Testing
Quiz often with brief tests instead of fewer, long tests.
Avoid negative questions. (example: “Which one is not the same?”)
The process of testing can be less stressful if the modality is varied.
Use your creative abilities to devise alternate ways to assess knowledge rather than always relying on traditional tests.
Evaluate the student’s knowledge in less formal situations to reduce stress and accentuate the level of learning.
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Social and Emotional Needs…. Encourage, encourage, encourage!
No “buts” about it!
Find activities to do in which the child is successful and takes pleasure!
Make sure the student knows that you understand that he is working hard when he is!
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Activity…
Examine the types of modifications listed and identify which type of modification is indicated by the
activities listed…
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Choose from these types of modifications and descriptions…
-Assessment -Level of Support-Delivery -Organization-Difficulty -Participation-Environment -Size-Time
Adapt the way instruction is delivered to the learner. Adapt the time allotted and allowed for learning, task completion, or testing. Increase the amount of personal assistance with a specific learner. Adapt the skill level, problem type, or the rules on how the learner may
approach the work. Provide structure for completing tasks. Adapt the number of items that the learner is expected to learn or complete. Adapt the extent to which a learner is actively involved in a task. Adapt physical setting. Adapt how the student can respond to instruction.
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13 Extensions…
Purpose and Appropriateness
Complexity of Task Size of Task Time Pace Environment of
Learning Participation Motivation
Order of Learning Procedures and
Routines Application and
Demonstration of Knowledge
Level of Support and Independence
Resources and materials
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Contacting Today’s Presenter….
Lisa Smith, Instruction/Behavior ConsultantUpper Cumberland Special Education
Cooperative
Phone: 606-337-3555Email: [email protected]