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SIM Learning Strategies

Target Audience: Exceptional education teachers in Grades 4 through 12.

Learning Strategies is one component of the Strategic Instruction Model ™ (SIM) from the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. The Learning Strategies Curriculum is designed for secondary students with learning difficulties who are seeking a standard diploma. The curriculum helps students cope effectively with curricular demands and to generalize their use of new skills to a variety of settings including general education classes, home and employment settings.

Learning Strategy instruction focuses on making the student a more active learner by teaching students how to learn skills and content, and how to effectively use what has been learned and how to perform tasks independently. Students who can read at the 4 th grade level and above are most successful with Learning Strategies instruction. Participants will be expected to implement at least two strategies in their classroom, as well as participate in follow-up activities.

Competency Area

Strategies

Reading

Word Identification, Self-Questioning, Visual Imagery, Paraphrasing, Fundamentals of Paraphrasing and Summarizing, Inference Strategy

Writing

Sentence Writing, Paragraph Writing, Error Monitoring, Essay Test-Taking

Demonstrating Competence Assignment Completion, Test-Taking, Essy Test-Taking, Strategic Tutoring

Memory

LINCS Vocabulary, First-Letter Mnemonic, Paired Associates

Cooperation, Motivation

SLANT, SCORE, TEAMWORK, LEARN, THINK, BUILD, Possible Selves, Self-Advocacy

Math Strategic Math

To view a complete listing of Learning Strategies, visit http://www.ku-crl.org/

Contact:
Sheri Fiskum fiskums@ocps.net