Mathew's+Tech+Assignment

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Title: The effectiveness of teaching strategies for students with dyslexia based on their preferred learning styles

Essentially, the study proposed the question "Will teaching to the learning styles improve their performance and attainment." The study surveyed 7 students and concludes with great progress with the students. Each student took a proficiency test similar to the multiple intelligences test, except that each test was also more specific in the areas of verbal versus visual and holistic versus analytic, with each individual falling somewhere along the continuum. Throughout their research, they saw significant improvements amongst the students and although they had a disability affects their work, the students improved dramatically.

Also, they tested the retention rate of these students, and most of the students demonstrated strong mastery in the concepts still, if not, some scored better at the later period (probably was still learning). In conclusion, the article states that regardless of what affects the student, teaching to their learning style is one of the most effective means of reaching out to the student. When assessing a student whether diagnostic or formative, testing them to their learning style will produce the greatest results. Educators should not ignore this and continue to implement these strategies into their curriculum.

__**• Content Knowledge Question: Describe what you learned about diagnostic and assessment strategies that fit your target population. (Write a minimum of 50 words for this question.) (CK)**__

This article was interesting because it not specifically address "special" types of strategies. It addressed a common goal of teaching students to their needs (which is probably a strategy in itself). Not only do you need to teach to their learning style, but also test to their learning style (which is what this article did). The article showed that the students not only learned more, but they also retained their information extremely well. The targeted population were people who experienced dyslexia, but I believe that this can extend to everyone. Teach and test based on their learning style, and you will truly see and measure what a student learned.

__**Pedagogical Knowledge Question: Describe in what way/s assessment data would determine how you planned your curriculum and lessons for the specific special needs population? (Write a minimum of 50 words for this question.) (PK)**__

Assessment data would be incredibly important in how I plan my curriculum. The first assessment I would give is a diagnostic assessment on what their learning style is. The next goes to planning with my lessons. From the article, I could simply adjust my lessons to meet the needs of the various learning styles. This would greatly increase what the students learn and what they retain. The next step would be to create assessment BASED on what their learning styles are. If they are a linguistic learner and I test them on paper, it is not meeting them to their learning style. There is a duality to the assessment and curriculum.

The next is kind of obvious. If the students do not retain the information, I would adjust to their needs and reteach what they need to learn. I know I spoke in generic terms, but this article essentially proved that people with dyslexia learn the same way "normal" people learn. Teach to their learning styles, pure and simple.