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Chapter 9 |
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The purpose of Chapter 9 is to provide students with strategies for adapting curriculum materials, teacher instruction, and student practice activities that are reasonable to carry out and that increase the likelihood of success for students with special needs. The first section of the chapter covers adapting instruction in basic skills areas. While this material has more direct application to elementary school teachers, the material is relevant for secondary math and English teachers as well. The emphasis is on critical elements of basic skill instruction that can lead to problems for students with special needs such as preskills, selection and sequencing of examples, rate of introduction of new skills, direct instruction and practice, and review. The next section deals primarily with content-area instruction. This material is geared more toward high school teachers but is also relevant for elementary teachers who are responsible for teaching content as well. This section emphasizes strategies for activating student background knowledge and organizing content for maximum clarity and understanding, and teaching new terms and concepts. The final section of the chapter is relevant for all levels of instruction and stresses ways teachers can improve the clarity of their written and oral communication, as well as strategies for adapting student independent practice activities such as seatwork and homework.
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