xiv Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide | Preface
Instructional Strategies
The following evidence-based strategies can assist students with
disabilities in learning content (Scruggs et al. 2010):- Mnemonic strategies are patterns of letters and sounds related to
ideas that enhance retention and recall of information. They can be
used as a tool to encode information. - Spatial organizers assist student understanding and recall of
information using charts, diagrams, graphs, and/or other graphic
organizers. - Peer mediation, such as peer tutoring and cooperative learning
groups, can assist in assignment completion and enhance
collaboration within the classroom. - Hands-on learning offers students opportunities to gain
understanding of material by completing experiments and hands-on
activities that reinforce content. - Explicit instruction utilizes clear and direct teaching using small
steps, guided and independent practice, and explicit feedback. - Visual strategies (e.g., picture/written schedules, storymaps, task
analyses, etc.) represent content in a concrete manner to increase
focus, communication, and expression (Rao and Gagie 2006).
References
- Biemiller, Andrew. Words Worth Teaching. Columbus: SRA/
McGrawHill, 2010. - Franzone, Ellen L. Overview of Task Analysis. Madison, WI: National
Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders,
Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin, 2009. - Hall, Tracey, Anne Meyer and Nicole Strangman. Differentiated
Instruction and Implications for UDL Implementation. National Center
on Accessing the General Curriculum: 2003 - Hirsch, Jr., E. D. and Alice K. Wiggins, Core Knowledge Preschool
Sequence and Teacher Handbook. Charlottesville, VA: Core
Knowledge Foundation, 2009.