Instruction For Every Student

Paper Summary:

The paper defines instructional levels and the teacher's challenge to meet the instructional levels of so many different learners. The paper then explains the term development levels that refers to students' cognitive, social and emotional characteristics and quantifies how a student's performance compares with others their own age and ability levels. The paper then looks at disabilities and explains that they should be an essential part of any curriculum discussion because they can impact a student's ability to learn certain material. Finally, the paper discusses reading levels and curricular goals that help teachers structure and focus their lessons.

Outline:
Instructional Levels
Development Levels
Disabilities
Reading Levels
Curricular Goals

From the Paper:

"According to Burns, VanDerHeyden, and Jiban (2007), instructional level refers to the level at which students find tasks challenging, but achievable. The instructional risk here is that students who are not challenged will not be interested in school work and will not have the opportunity to expand the scope of their intellectual powers. Yet students who cannot achieve assigned tasks often feel great frustration that leads them to negative attitudes toward schooling."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Burns, M., VanDerHeyden, A., Jiban, C. (2007). Assessing the instructional level for mathematics: A comparison of methods. School Psychology Review. Retrieved June 20, 2007 from http://www.nasponline.org/publications/spr/sprsupplement5.aspx

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