Assignment Task: Ch. 9, Strategies for Learning
Your name:
As you learned in Ch. 1,in the discussion of learning characteristics, the author informs us that there are cognitive characteristics of learning that impact learning for students with high incidence disabilities.
Generally speaking, students with HID differ from their typical peers in various cognitive ways. Three are addressed briefly-attention, memory, and concept formation. (Prater, 2018, p. 17)
Directions:
For this assignment, you will choose a strategy that addresses either attention or memory.
Select one attention strategy (on-task attention, selective attention)orone mnemonic strategy (acronyms, acrostics, rhymes, keywords, or pegwords). Be sure to read the table, teaching tip, and figure in this section. Please retain this numbered format with each prompt. In your own words...
Name of chosen strategy ______
1. Define your chosen strategy:
2. Describe how to teach it:
3. Provide an example of employing it with a student or students. Give grade level and content area