SAGE Journal Articles
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Learning Objective: How can teachers help students with difficulties in study skills?
How does the article support the learning objective? This article will help students understand the benefits of organizational skills on academic achievement by exploring an accessible research study focused on students with behavioral challenges.
Summary: This article provides an accessible description of an intervention to teach organizational skills to promote academic achievement in students with behavioral challenges. Procedures and outcomes are presented and discussed in regard to implications for classroom implementation.
Critical Thinking Questions:
1. What instructional supports would you add to this intervention to increase its effectiveness?
2. Explain why and how schoolwide positive behavior support as well as individual positive reinforcement were essential components to this intervention.
Learning Objective: How can teachers teach content area vocabulary and concepts?
How does the article support the learning objective? This article will help students understand how to teach science standards in inclusive settings by developing a set of strategies that support these content area skills.
Summary: This article describes instructional strategies for teaching science content to students with and without disabilities in inclusive classrooms. Specific examples are provided for techniques that transform science concepts and standards into big ideas and support information recall and maintenance as well as vocabulary acquisition.
Critical Thinking Questions:
1. How are Universal Design for Learning principles connected to the practices provided in this article?
2. How does identifying the big ideas of science standards and concepts assist students in inclusive classrooms? How does identifying the big ideas of science standards and concepts assist co-teachers in inclusive classrooms?