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Learning Strategies Curriculum List

Learning Strategies are explicit sets of steps students can follow to successfully approach common learning challenges.

The Word Identification Strategy provides a way for struggling readers to attack and identify unknown words they encounter in text.

The Visual Imagery Strategy helps students overcome difficulty understanding reading passages by teaching them to create mental pictures as they read.

The Self-Questioning Strategy prompts students to ask themselves questions about reading passages and predict answers, then search the passage for the correct answers.

The Paraphrasing Strategy guides students in identifying the main points of a paragraph and then restating them in their own words.

The FIRST-Letter Mnemonic Strategy helps students use memory techniques to study important lists of information.

The Paired Associates Strategy offers students steps for learning information that comes in pairs, such as names of people and their accomplishments.

The LINCS Vocabulary Strategy helps students learn the meaning of new vocabulary words through powerful memory techniques.

The Sentence Writing, Paragraph Writing, and Theme Writing strategies provide concrete steps for students, beginning with the basics of writing a complete sentence through the more advanced processes involved in writing essays.

The Error Monitoring Strategy helps students find and correct errors in their writing.

The InSPECT Strategy helps students find and correct errors in their writing using spell checkers.

The Assignment Completion Strategy helps students develop plans for completing assignments on time and then following through on their plans.

Strategic Tutoring is a process in which a tutor helps students meet immediate needs to complete assignments while teaching students strategies for finishing similar assignments on their own in the future.

The Test-Taking Strategy helps students take control of the testing situation through such tactics as allocating time and priority to each section of a test and focusing on important test instructions.

SLANT: A Starter Strategy for Class Participation is a simple strategy designed to help students learn how to use appropriate posture, look at the person talking, activate their thinking, and contribute to discussions.

Cooperative Thinking Strategies offer skills for students to work together in teams to accomplish class goals.

The Community Building Series is designed to help teachers and students create safe and supportive learning environments in inclusive classes.

The Self-Advocacy Strategy helps students prepare for and participate in education and transition planning conferences.

The Possible Selves program increases student motivation by having students think about their futures--what they want, what they expect, and what they fear. Students then set goals to work toward the futures they want.

The Strategic Math Series teaches basic math facts and operations using an approach that develops the student's understanding of mathematics through the use of concrete objects, representational drawings, and an easy-to-learn strategy that turns all students into active problem solvers.

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