Reference no: EM132818189

Assignment: Use only the chapters of the book, attached to answer the questions below, copy as accurately as possible your answers from the book, follow the APA rules, reflect citations (author, year, page).

Questions:

1. What are the key features of direct and explicit instruction? Why are these features so vital for the instruction of students with learning or reading disabilities? (p.196)

2. Compare and contrast explicit and implicit code instruction. Describe what type of learner might profit from each. (p.197/207)

3. Describe how you would adapt the directed reading activity, the directed reading-thinking activity, and literature-based reading and whole language to support students with reading problems. (p.263)

4. Identify the four comprehension and comprehension-monitoring strategies that are taught in reciprocal teaching and collaborative strategic reading and explain why they are used. (p.232)

5. Compare indirect vocabulary and direct vocabulary. Explain why students with reading difficulties or dyslexia benefit from direct instruction more than average-achieving students. (p.308)

6. Why is it difficult for students with learning problems to succeed in content area classes in secondary school? (p.333)

7. What are three important teaching perspectives that should be considered in designing a math intervention program for students with learning and behavior disorders? (p.354)

8. What mathematical skills need to be taught so that students will have adequate knowledge of numeration and place value? (p.363)