You are the special education teacher co-teaching with a team of ninth grade social studies teachers. The teachers you work with have asked you to suggest adaptations that they can make to their required textbook in each of the following areas in order to increase the motivation of their students with special needs: readability, vocabulary, presentation of concepts, general comprehension,
directions, and abstractness. Assuming the textbook has proven to be difficult and unmotivating for students, make one suggestion for improvement in each of the above areas.
What will be an ideal response?
Possible suggestions:
Readability - Provide outlines or study guides to accompany the text.
Vocabulary - Provide vocabulary lists or glossaries with simplified definitions and use the words in sentences.
Presentation of concepts - Draw upon the different cultural backgrounds and experiences of students to make concepts meaningful.
General comprehension - Insert stop points in text and have students summarize what they have read.
Directions - Highlight the key words in a set of directions. Erasable highlighters can be used if necessary.
Abstractness - Use role play.
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