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Selecting Research-Based Instructional Strategies for K-7 Students With Learning Difficulties

Selecting Research-Based Instructional Strategies for K-7 Students With Learning Difficulties. Martha J. Larkin, PhD 43rd Annual Conference of the Virginia State Reading Association March 2010. The Problem.

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Selecting Research-Based Instructional Strategies for K-7 Students With Learning Difficulties

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  1. Selecting Research-Based Instructional Strategies for K-7 Students With Learning Difficulties Martha J. Larkin, PhD 43rd Annual Conference of the Virginia State Reading Association March 2010

  2. The Problem • About 20% of students nationwide encounter reading difficulties before third grade • Nearly 40% of children read below grade level (Kame’enui, Carnine, Dixon, Simmons, & Coyne, 2002) • About 85% of students with a learning disability have a primary disability in reading and language processing. (IDA, 2007) http://www.ldonline.org/article/Dyslexia_Basics

  3. A Solution A mnemonic, READING, can help to evaluate powerful instructional strategies to use with diverse groups of elementary and middle school students who struggle with reading.

  4. A Mnemonic Can Help Research-based Efficient and effective Applicable Doable Interesting Needed now Generalizable

  5. Research-based No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Teachers are expected to use only research-based instructional strategies and intervene for every child as soon as a reading problem is noticed. Response to Intervention (RTI) (Bender & Larkin, 2009)

  6. Research-based National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. (2000). Report of the National Reading Panel. Teaching children to read: An evidence-based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and its implications for reading instruction. http://www.nationalreadingpanel.org/Publications/summary.htm

  7. Research-based • National Reading Panel (NRP) Report • Alphabetics • Phonemic Awareness • Phonics • Fluency • Comprehension • Vocabulary • Text Comprehension • Teacher Preparation and Comprehension Strategies • Teacher Education and Reading Instruction • Computer Technology and Reading Instruction.

  8. Research-based • Developed using concepts and/or information shown to be successful (i.e., achieve desired results) as indicated by studies reported in professional literature • Credibility of source(s) reporting studies • When research was conducted • Appropriateness of study design and/or credibility of researchers • Applicability to your students and situation

  9. Efficient and effective • Efficient – works well without waste • time is well spent • effort is well spent • Effective – produces desired result • achievement, may be assessed by test scores or other measures

  10. Applicable • Applicable – put to practical use • Does it“apply” to the lesson/ assignment? • Does it have the potential to help? • May not be “one size fits all”. • May be used sometimes, but not others.

  11. Doable • Do I have knowledge and skills time curricula/materials

  12. Interesting To students To teacher

  13. Needed now • Does the student have the prerequisite skills? • Will this teach a skill or concept in a different way, supplement current instruction, provide extra practice, etc.?

  14. Generalizable • Applying strategies learned in different ways and situations • Same class, but different topic • Other subjects and classes • In the “real world”

  15. Applying The READING Mnemonic • Select an instructional strategy or activity • Evaluate the selected strategy or activity using the READING checklist • Does the strategy/activity meet most or all of the criteria on the checklist? • If yes, proceed with the strategy/activity. • If no, determine if the strategy/activity meets enough of the criteria to be beneficial to students.

  16. Picture Sort (Beginning Letter/Sound)(Bender & Larkin, 2009)

  17. Word Sort (Word Families)(Bender & Larkin, 2009)

  18. Word Sort (Consonant and Vowel Patterns) (Bender & Larkin, 2009)

  19. Applying READING to Picture/Word Sorts • Research-based • NRP Report indicated that teaching students to manipulate phonemes in words was highly effective • Joseph, L. M. & Orlins (2005) Reading Improvement • Joseph, L. M. (2002) School Psychology Review article & (2000) Reading Research and Instruction article • Joseph referenced other studies in her articles

  20. Applying READING to Picture/Word Sorts • Efficient and Effective • Can take as little or as long as desired or needed • Can be done daily or several times a week • Some preparation of word cards necessary (teacher may prepare for younger students while older students can make their own) • Student effort is required

  21. Applying READING to Picture/Word Sorts • Applicable • Can be used with a variety of lessons and assignments • Can help students who need practice with the targeted skill(s) • Can be used with individuals, small groups, or large groups of students

  22. Applying READING to Picture/Word Sorts • Doable • You have just learned the basics (knowledge and skills) of using picture/word sorts. See Bear, Invernizzi, Templeton, & Johnston, 2008 ;Bender & Larkin, 2009 for more ideas. • You have time to teach word sorts because they only take a few minutes each day or several times a week • You can use existing curricula and materials along with index cards, clip art, and markers to create word sort activities

  23. Applying READING to Picture/Word Sorts • Interesting • To students – picture/word sorts can be made game like. Also, each student can be involved and work at his or her own pace. • To teachers – picture/word sorts can bring out a teacher’s creative side to create a variety of picture/word activities to target individual and group needs.

  24. Applying READING to Picture/Word Sorts • Needed Now • Picture/word sorts can be created or adapted for almost any lesson and can target a variety of different skills that individuals or groups of students need.

  25. Applying READING to Picture/Word Sorts • Generalizable • Picture/word sorting activities have the potential to be generalizable. • Students may not always have cards to sort in many situations, but the sorting practice helps them to look for similar and different characteristics of pictures/words to help them categorize information.

  26. Vocabulary Cartoons • Vocabulary Word with pronunciation and most common definition • Association Link Word – rhyming word or phrase that sounds like vocabulary word and links the two together • Mnemonic Cartoon - visually reinforces vocabulary and linking word • Caption – reinforces vocabulary and linking word in a sentence • Sample Sentences – use the vocabulary word in context and may give different tenses of it www.vocabularycartoons.com

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  31. YourTurn Use the READING CHECKLIST to evaluate Vocabulary Cartoons Use the READING CHECKLIST to Evaluate Vocabulary Cartoons

  32. References • Bear, D. R., Invernizzi, M., Templeton, S., & Johnson, F. (2008). Words their way: Word study for phonics, vocabulary, and spelling instruction (4th ed.) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. • Bender, W. N., & Larkin, M. J. (2009). Reading strategies for elementary students with learning difficulties: Strategies for RTI (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc. • Burchers, S., Burchers, M., & Burchers, B. (1998). Vocabulary cartoons: Building an educated vocabulary with visual mnemonics (Elementary ed.). Punta Gorda, FL: New Monic Books. www.vocabularycartoons.com

  33. References • Joseph, L. M. (2000). Developing first- graders’ phonemic awareness, word identification, and spelling: A comparison of two contemporary phonic instructional approaches. Reading Research and Instruction, 39, 160-169. • Joseph, L. M. (2002). Facilitating word recognition and spelling using word boxes and word sort phonic procedures, School Psychology Review 31(1), 122-129. • Joseph, L. M. & Orlins, A. (2005). Multiple uses of a word study technique. Reading Improvement 42 (2), 73-79.

  34. References • Kame’enui, E.J., Carnine, D.W., Dixon, R.C., Simmons, D.C., & Coyne, M.D. (2002). Effective teaching strategies that accommodate diverse learners. (2nd ed.) Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill- Prentice Hall. • International Dyslexia Association. (2007). Dyslexia basics. http://www.ldonline.org/article/Dyslexia_Basics • National Institute of Child Health and Development. (2000). Report of the National Reading Panel. Teaching children to read: An evidence-based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and its implications for reading instruction http://www.nationalreadingpanel.org/Publications/summary.htm

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