THE STRATEGIC INSTRUCTION

MODEL

AN OVERVIEW

Orange County Public Schools

Anna D. Diaz

Associate Superintendent for Exceptional Education & Multilingual

Servicesrc.3.2010

The Strategic Instruction Model (SIM)

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Research ~ Validated

VocabularySETTING DEMANDS

• ACADEMIC • SOCIAL

• MOTIVATIONAL • EXECUTIVE

CHARACTERISTICS of LOW ACHIEVERS

Learning Strategies Curriculum

Content Enhancement Routines

Strategic Tutoring

Cooperative Thinking Strategies

Team and Problem Solving Strategies

Community Building

Learning Strategies CurriculumLearning Strategies Curriculum

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What is a Strategy?

An individual’s approach to a task is called a

strategyIt includes how a person

thinks and acts when planning, executing, and evaluating performance

on a task and its outcomes.

STRATEGIC CURRICULUM

STRATEGIC INSTRUCTION

STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTFacilitates partnership learning

Attends to the stages of learningRequires active student participation

Addresses demands related to success across settings

Focuses on meeting tasks/demands

SIM COMPONENTS

PretestDescribe

ModelVerbal PracticeControlled Practice

Advanced PracticePost-test

Generalization

STAGES of INSTRUCTION

Teach Strategic-ally• Start with an organizer• Talk about rationales• Require active learning• Achieve mastery• Take the time to check progress• Encourage goal setting• Give feedback often• Include reviews and comprehension

checks• Close with organizer

•Assignment Completion

•Test-Taking

•Essay Test-Taking

•SLANT

Learning Strategies Curriculum•Word Mapping •Word Identification •Visual Imagery•Self-Questioning •Fund. of Paraphrasing & Summarizing•Paraphrasing•Inference

•FIRST-Letter Mnemonic

•Paired Associates

•LINCS: for Vocabulary Learning

•Fundamentals/ Proficiency in Sentence Writing•Paragraph Writing•Theme Writing•Error Monitoring•InSPECT•EDIT

AcquisitionStorageWritten Expression

Motivation

•Self-Advocacy•Possible Selves

Cooperative Thinking

•SCORE Skills•BUILD

•LEARN•THINK

•TeamworkMath

•Addition/Subtraction Facts 0 - 18•Place Value•Multiplication/Division Facts 0 to 81

Demonstration of Competence

Community Building•Following Instructions Together•Talking Together•Taking Notes Together•Organizing Together

University of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning

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Content Enhancement Routines

Content EnhancementA way of teaching an academically diverse

group of students in which:

– both group and individual needs are valued and

met;

– the integrity of the content is maintained;

– critical features of the content are selected and

transformed in a manner that promotes student

learning; and

– instruction is carried out in a partnership with

students.

“If it weren’t for students impeding our progress in the race to the end of the term, we certainly could be sure of covering all the content. However, the question should not be whether we are covering the content, but whether students are with us on the journey.” Pat Cross, Director

Classroom Research ProjectUniv. of Calif., Berkley

Content Enhancement Teaching Routines

Planning and Leading LearningCourse Organizer

Unit OrganizerLesson Organizer

Explaining Text, Topics, and Details

Framing RoutineSurvey Routine

Clarifying RoutineVocabulary LINCing Routine

Order Routine

Teaching ConceptsConcept Mastery Routine

Concept Anchoring RoutineConcept Comparison Routine

Increasing PerformanceQuality Assignment Routine

Question Exploration RoutineRecall Enhancement Routine

Instructional Methods

• The Teaching Device

• The Linking Steps

• The Cue-Do-Review Sequence

Promote the development of individuals who can– learn and perform independently

– exhibit appropriate social and personal skills

– earn standard high school diplomas

– make successful transitions to post high school settings

GOALS of the Strategic Instructional Approach

“When non-strategic learners are exposed to strategies instruction over a sustained period of time, they experience a significant change as learners.

Consistent, well-articulated instruction can do much to create an instructional snowball effect that is sufficiently powerful to transform learners from passive to active problem solvers.”

Donald D. Deshler

SIM Professional Developer Contact Information

OCPS Professional Developers & Apprentices:

Marilee Amodt Ami McCall

Lynn Berger Jude Matyo-Cepero

Elaine Brindley Jennifer Neiswanger

Roxie Cohen Chandrieka Palmer

Ingrid Cumming Danielle Schmidt

Paula Downey Christine Wallace

Lois Gregory Jean Washburn

Dara Kaasa