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Special Needs, Different Abilities: The Interactive Method for Teaching and Learning

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Marjorie S Schiering

  • Special Needs, Different Abilities

154 pages
2019
ISBN: 9781475849943

Special Needs, Different Abilities describes the Interactive Method (IM) for teaching different abilities, special needs, and all learners. It involves hand’s-on techniques for retention of curriculum and the teaching of thinking; from the elementary through college years. Types of comprehension are defined along with how memory works.

Chapters address types of special needs and defines the term and different abilities, in conjunction with creating lessons that result in memory acquisition and transference to personal success on tests or exams, as well as daily situations regarding experiential learning.

Also offered are entry level means of instruction for developing a sense of self-confidence, efficacy, reliance and skills necessary for future learning challenges. In conjunction with this is the Reciprocal Thinking Skills Cognition to Metacognition Chart for identification and application of what one is thinking when engaged in the aforementioned IM. A few examples of this are provided through a listing and explanation of the values of this method, lesson objectives and application of these.

Personal narratives are provided by teachers and/or parents of children with different abilities before the author’s closing comments respective of one’s being enough and practice of providing lift-up statements to encourage student learners in the academic and social cognition environments.

Table of Contents

Prelude

Foreword: Patricia Eckardt and Madeline Craig

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

  • Part one: information gathering and distribution concerning special needs and different ability learners

Chapter 1: Reaching/Teaching Varied Learners

Chapter 2: Response to Intervention, Individual Education Plan and Classroom Organization

Chapter 3: Individual Processing Style and Social Cognition

Chapter 4: The Interactive Method, Student Engagement and Self-Efficacy

Chapter 5: Memories and Interactive Learning Techniques

Chapter 6: Interactive Learning Technique Pluses, Leadership Building, and Alternative Means of Assessment

Chapter 7: The Reciprocity of Thinking

Chapter 8: The Cognitive Collective: Thinking and Feeling

Chapter 9: Definition and Examples of Reciprocal Thinking Phases' Skills

  • Part two: different ways of teaching, personal commentaries, and author's closing thoughts

Chapter 10: The IM's Self-Reliance and the “How To" of Teaching Thinking

Chapter 11: Objectives of the Interactive Method and its Components

Chapter 12: Two Personal Perspectives Addressing Special Education

Disabilities, Differences and Diversity: Maggie Blair

Autism Awareness: Author Interview of a Different Abilities Child's Parent: Kevin Cooney

Chapter 13: Commentary and Personal Experience: Teaching and Being Special Needs

Commentaries and Personal Experiences: Special Needs and Different Abilities

Commentary: Engaging Students with Exceptionalities: Patricia Mason

A Teacher with Epilepsy: From Childhood through Retirement: Marc Hoberman

Chapter 14: Author's Summative Sharing: Classroom Comfort Zone

References

About the Author