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Managing the ‘Helpless’ Learner in Middle and High School: Teacher Strategies
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On Friday, 29 April 2016, Jim Wright presented a workshop, Managing the ‘Helpless’ Learner in Middle and High School: Teacher Strategies, to middle and high school educators from Ogdensburg (NY) City Schools. Here are resources from that training:
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Strategy 1: Teach students ‘efficient learning strategies’.
- Question Generation. The student locates or creates main-idea sentences for all paragraphis in a passage and uses them to create study cards.
- Linking Pronouns to Referents. When reading advanced texts, the student circles pronouns, writes their referents above them, and then rereads the text, inserting the referent for each pronoun.
- Read-Ask-Paraphrase. The student locates main idea and supporting details for each paragraph and summarizes them on a graphic organizer. RAP Interactive Form
- Ask-Read-Tell. The student creates a reading plan and sets reading goals, monitors understanding while reading, and reflects on the reading once finished. ART Interactive Form.
Strategy 2: Break long-term or global academic objectives into manageable, short-term goals.
- Learning Contracts
- Version 1: Interactive Learning Contract|Example of a Completed Learning Contract
- Version 2: Interactive Learning Contract|Example of a Completed Learning Contract
- Student Self-Regulation: Work-Planning Conference: Description
- Student Independent Work: Planning Tool: Interactive Form
- Academic Survival Skills. The student possesses strong work habits in global skills such as time management, study skills, and organization.
- Free App: Academic Survival Skills Checklist Maker.
Strategy 3: Help the student to make the correct connection (‘attribution’) between process, effort, and success.
- Growth Mindset: Encouraging optimistic teacher statements in the classroom to encourage student motivation.
Strategy 4: Connect with all students and manage behaviors class-wide to ensure a safe and orderly learning environment.