Problem…

Limited class time and teacher

resources

Grade level curriculum expectations

Below level abilities

below level reading skills + grade level curriculum frustration & failure!

Problem for struggling students…

Solution…

…Study guides…

a guide used to study

1. Classified students (special education)

2. Students receiving basic skills services

3. Students with “504 Plans”

4. English Language Learners (ELL)

5. Students living in impoverished

environments

Study

guides also

support…

Provide study guidesUse of study guidesProvide study guide three days before quizzes/tests

Preview concepts prior to lessonsProvide models

Common IEP Accommodati

ons

Study guides are not

“answer keys” to test

questions.

Accommodation?

Study guides can make a major contribution to learning:

- enables students to make the best use of available learning opportunities

- study guides tailor opportunities to meet specific learning needs

-study guides support development of effective study skills necessary to be independent learners.

Haarden, Laidlaw & Hesketh, 1999

Background Information…

The emphasis in a study guide is on the process of learning, and not on content.

The guide advises students about what they should be learning and how they should be learning, rather than simply being a source of information

Haarden, Laidlaw & Hesketh, 1999

Background Information…

Struggling older readers require more time, practice, and discussion to achieve adequate progress. (Fletcher, Lyons, Fuchs, Barnes, 2007)

Background Information…

Format Considerations

Format Considerations …

Elizabeth Kenny-Foggin©May 2011

Simultaneous Multisensory (VAKT)

Multisensory Approach

Morphological/Structural Analysis Approach…

Affixes in text

sections to develop

word meaning Visual

Sentence)

Syllabication to assist with

fluency an pronunciation

Previewing…

Time Management…

Students develop “To

Do” liststhroughout school year

Highlighting practice development are very important to include in study guides

Highlighting…

Testing strategy…

After Class Presentation Follow up Activities

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Visual representations of key concepts

Let’s look at the Tools!

A sampling of student comments by students who eventually voluntarily requested study guides:

Student 1: “Just come to my house, Mrs. K-F and you will see them [study guide]all over my room; of course I use them!”

Student 2: “Mrs. K, can’t you tell? My grades are better. Of course, I use them [study guides], but not every part, just the parts I need.

Student 3: “I use them to review and to write out my notes.”

Student Feedback…

Originally some students did not use the study guides. THEN

…as the weeks progressed, students began to take the study guides…

Why?They realized there was more to the study guides,

and their grades improved.

Student Feedback…

Fletcher, Lyons, Fuchs, Barnes. (2007).

Haarden, R. M., Laidlaw, J. M., Hesketh, E. A. AMEE Medical Education

Guide No 16: Study guides-their use and preparation. (1999).

Medical Teacher, Vol. 21, No. 3.

Kenny-Foggin, E. Multisensory Study Guides: Beyond Memorization.

(2011). Handouts from 2011 International Dyslexia Association Conference; Chicago, ILL.

References…