Tutoring---Mentoring---Give them more time and be supportive. I teach in a vocational school and see this very often. With patience the students can live there dreams and become extremely succesful in the work place.
Greetings Pamela!
And - when a class is having fun they are learning! Some of the best classroom experiences that I have had as an instructor has been as a reuslt of using the tools you mentioned.
Keep up the good work!
Jane Davis
ED106 Facilitator
Use poster board pictures for learning tools, or large piece puzzles, or games for emphasizing a point. The whole class can participate, and it's fun.
To give a learning disabled learner a fair chance at learning a topic of discussion etc. it only makes sense to read at a slower rate to allow the student to 1) understand and 2) feel good about his/her self.
As stated in the text more time is almost always benefitial for the student. I find that taking the time to break down sections of reading and put them in simpler terms allows them to grasp concepts better. Also defining not just vocabulary words but other contextual words that the student may not know. Comprehension check periodically seems to work out as well. I feel like having them memorize information to regurgitate is not the same as allowing them to form connection of how the information can be utilized or applied.
Greetings Sean!
What a wonderful approach - often that's all any of us need!
Keep up the good work1
Jane davis
ED106 Facilitator
Patience, easily understood instructions and a little extra time have always worked well for me when dealing with a student who has a learning disability.
It's important to be able to talk to students with disabiities that way you can find out what works best for them and you create a dialogue and hopefully a comfortable environment for them to communicate best. Time is always helpful as well.
The first challlange is finding out about a disability. Some students don't want any special help. They feel like they are looked at differently by other students.
Ernest, I couldn't agree more. A fast paced environment is often very frustrating for a student with learning disabilities.
Keep up the good work!
Jane Davis
ED106 Facilitator
Greetings Mary!
I totally agree Mary. For a student with learning disabilities, just knowing that the instructor/facilitator has acknowledged the student's challenges and is willing to accomodate their needs is a win win for all concerned.
Keep up the good work!
Jane Davis
ED106 Facilitator
Probably the greatest support I see of assistance is giving the student more time. On tests, if need be, mp3 players and headphones with tests can be utilized to read each test question to the student. This also seems to be most beneficial.
Breaking things down in lecture as well as allowing for more time is proving to be a benefit to students with learning disabilities.
Several items may increase a students success in learning; time; buddy studying; audio taping of lectures so the student can listen often to grasp the content; allowing group study of projects for x-tra credit applicable to the topic on the test.
I have found that some students with difficulty concentrating, do much better once a large percentage of the class has finished the test and left the room. I tend to give the students with difficulty more time once they aren't distracted. I allow them to test in another room if possible.
It appears time provides the best support for students and agreed by most post to this forum question. I would add that this time still must be managed and with some direction.
When I say direction, I mean knowing the student and the student knowing the instructor and the two coming to an understanding of ability and how to challenge that ability to improve. Improvement would be measured on their scale and small improvement for a student with a learning disabilty may be a giant improvement for someone who does not have a learning disability.
This again as highlighted by others will require support to the student and encouragement and motivation.
letting the student have more time with tests
Greetings Guy!
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It does appear - I don't have firm evidence - that student learning challenges continue to increase - thus more challenges for instructors. My question is - how can instructors/facilitors ensure that students walk away with knowledge needed since most of use are not special ed instructors?
Keep up the good work!
Jane Davis
ED106 Facilitator
Based on this module - more time.
Depending on the type of disability - larger print, recording, boxes to help with visuals during tests all can help the student. The students are typically not less intelligent, but rather challenged by accessing the information.
Ditto on what everyone else has said. Time,patience,recorders if possible are good ways to help students comprehend the lessons. Having experience with a dyslexic child helps me in my classroom. I try to rephrase critical points in several different ways and/or making specific eye contact with those particular students with learning disabilities to make sure they have understood or need more information.
