Study Skills Strategies: Meeting the Needs of Students with Disabilities Presented by Frank A. Shaffer and Phyllis Seeba
Mar 26, 2015
Study Skills Strategies:Meeting the Needs of Students
with Disabilities
Presented byFrank A. Shaffer and Phyllis Seeba
Why Study Skills?
Students learn best when they know their learning and personality style.
Students become proactive in their learning when they know how to learn.
Student confidence and self esteem increases with study skills interaction.
Learning difficulties will affect a student’s ability to
self design and independently apply study
skills strategies.
About Metacognition
Metacognition is used in education to describe the learning process.
Students learn how to learn!
Grading
• Students earn points for participation, assignments, & materials.
• Students earn points for following school rules and attendance.
• Students earn points for independent & cooperative learning.
• Students earn points for being responsible for themselves. A = 90 - 100% B = 80 - 89% C = 70 - 79% D = 60 - 69%
These learning difficulties affect study skills
Weak attention controls
Reduced remembering
Deficient output
Chronic misunderstanding
Delayed skills acquisition
Poor adaptation
Why do students with
learning difficulties
benefit from study
skills instruction?
The Benefits...
Classroom strategies that minimize distractions and maximize information equal higher learning.
Study skills foster self esteem and promote social success which promotes scholastic success.
The Benefits...
If kids know what they are to learn, and get specific feedback, they can increase learning by 37%.
Standards have to drive instruction.
The Benefits...
A study skills class is valued by kids in high school and college settings alike.
Common expectations are reinforced.
Organize for multiple intelligence.
The Goal
The primary goal is to equip students with the tools that enable them to become independent learners.
Course objectives meet the Alaska Content Standards.
Students will demonstrate:
Knowledge of learning strategies and how people learn
Ability to set short term and long range goals
Techniques to build retention and comprehension
Students will demonstrate:
Note taking for reading and listening
Comprehend a basic vocabulary and skills
Skills in following directions
Students will demonstrate:
Identify information in library/media center
Communicate ideas using instructional technology
Knowledge of higher level thinking skills
Students will demonstrate:
Ability to speak and write for a variety of purposes
Think logically and reflectively while taking a test
Study Skills can be taught in a
Resource Room Special Education
class General Education
class Collaborative
Team
Self Contained class
Remedial class Inclusion Model Workshop Tutorial
Study skills can also be taught
By parents at home Or in a summer program
To ensure that students learn and apply study skills
Orientation Activation
Maintenance Study skills are most effective
when taught as they are needed.
Learning Style Inventory
Students learn best when they know their learning and
personality style.
Listening Skills
A student’s success in school depends directly on their ability to listen, as it is
the main channel of classroom instruction.
Time Management
Show students the connection between their goals and their
study efforts
Writing skills
The most important skill for writing papers may be the ability to form and
follow a writing plan.
Reading for a purpose
Students need to make the transition from “learning to read” to “reading to learn”.
Note Taking Skills
Note taking encourages students to process
information and put it in their own words.
Self Advocacy
Students taking charge of their education.
Memory skills
Memory strategies are building blocks to a firm foundation to support
academic goals.
Math skills
Improvement in one’s mathematical ability is in part due to collecting,
organizing, analyzing, interpreting and formulating questions about data.
Test Taking
Test taking consists of two phases: preparing for the test
and taking the test.
Library/Research
Students must be taught how to judge the importance of
incoming information.
Organization
Helping students independently apply organization skills by
explaining the rationale behind the skills.
Why teach study skills?
I hear and I forget; I see and I remember I do and I understand
• Chinese Proverb
Grading/Record Keeping
Teaching students to organize their own supplies enable
them to learn more complex organizational skills.
Multiple Intelligences
• Linguistic (in words) • Logical-Mathematical (by reasoning)• Spatial (in images and pictures) • Bodily-Kinesthetic (hands-on-learning)• Musical (via rhythms and melodies)• Interpersonal (social gathering)• Intrapersonal (self-paced projects)• Naturalist (access to nature)
Learning Style
Visual Learners (You have to see it to believe it)
Auditory Learners ( If you hear it, you remember it)
Tactual Learners (If you can touch it with your hands, you will remember it)
Learning Style Evaluation
Use a document or checklist Read each statement Answer if it applies to you Score it - find out about your study
habits and attitudes Apply the information in learning
new material
Record Keeping
• Maintain a three-ring binder with dividers
• Notebook checklist
• Daily/weekly progress reports
• Weekly planners
• Personal evaluation checklist
• Assignment completion
Study Skills Log
• Learning Style• Record Keeping• Organization• Time Management• Library/Research• Listening• Note Taking• Memory Skills• Test Taking• Oral Reports• Reading For A Purpose• Writing• Math• Self Advocacy
Study Skills Strategies:Meeting the Needs of Students
with Disabilities
Presented byFrank A. Shaffer and Phyllis Seeba