What is strategy instruction? Give examples. What are the arguments for and against its use with students with learning disabilities?
What will be an ideal response?
Students should explain that strategy instruction breaks down the skills involved in a task or problem into sequential steps. Students are then taught these steps, often with the help of memory devices. Strategies often require the use of metacognitive skills for evaluation and monitoring.
• Arguments for: Use of direct instruction to teach specific skills is appropriate for learning styles of students with learning disabilities; focus on metacognition.
• Arguments against: Students with learning disabilities may not be able to generalize the use of these strategies; significant time commitment to teach.
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