Providing Accommodations for Students with Learning Disablities
Students with learning disabilities need to be provided accommodations for them to be successful in the regular education classroom. I have provided information on accommodations and tools teachers can use in the the classroom.
What Factors Motivate Students to Learn?
As individuals we are all motivated by something either internally or externally. Individuals around the world can be motivated by positive praise, money, etc. As instructors we must look at how we can motivate our students to want to learn. If students do not believe the information we are teaching is important or worthwhile they will eventually shut down.
The research based on the learning principles explains that goals, value, and expectancies will help motivate students towards achievement or break their concentration which can lead to poor achievement. There are many different types of goals that instructors need to be aware of to help promote student achievement.
Research also states that students holding multiple goals throughout an activity are more likely to become successful in learning the material. For example: if an instructor assigns a group project over the Revolutionary War, then students will experience social goals by working with other students, affective goals by students engaging in the activity, and learning goals by students researching the information to add to the project.
Research also states that the value individuals place towards the goal will help promote student achievement. There are many different types of values that instructors need to be aware of to help promote student achievement.
Research also states that the expectancies individuals place on a goal will affect the motivation they put forth towards the goal. There are two types of expectancies individuals will experience when trying to reach their goal.
The strategies instructors should try to implement in their classroom to promote student motivation consist of:
Instructors can also help build positive expectancies by providing appropriate challenges towards assignments and coursework as well as setting up appropriate rubrics, feedback, and expectations of classroom material. This will help provide a positive mindset and motivation for students to achieve throughout the course.
As an educator I see many of these goals and expectations through my students and myself. In the classroom I see many students who are motivated intrinsically with positive praise or being able to achieve an "A" on their grade cards. As an instructor I also provide extrinsic motivation for my students by providing field trips throughout the year if they exhibit passing grades or no missing assignments in the classroom. I have many students who are sophomores and their goal is to have passing grades so they can be accepted into their career program at Miami Valley Career Tech Center. I have many seniors who have set goals for themselves to pass all of their classes and graduate from high school. I see an array of motivation and goals that students set for themselves to succeed each and every year. As for myself, positive praise and learning new material that is beneficial for me to use in the classroom is always a motivator. I find it fascinating the various things that motivate individuals everyday to master their goal either long term or short term.
The research based on the learning principles explains that goals, value, and expectancies will help motivate students towards achievement or break their concentration which can lead to poor achievement. There are many different types of goals that instructors need to be aware of to help promote student achievement.
- Performance Goals
- Learning Goals
Research also states that students holding multiple goals throughout an activity are more likely to become successful in learning the material. For example: if an instructor assigns a group project over the Revolutionary War, then students will experience social goals by working with other students, affective goals by students engaging in the activity, and learning goals by students researching the information to add to the project.
Research also states that the value individuals place towards the goal will help promote student achievement. There are many different types of values that instructors need to be aware of to help promote student achievement.
- Subjective Value
- Attainment Value
- Intrinsic Value
- Extrinsic Rewards
Research also states that the expectancies individuals place on a goal will affect the motivation they put forth towards the goal. There are two types of expectancies individuals will experience when trying to reach their goal.
- Outcome Expectancies
- Efficacy Expectancies
The strategies instructors should try to implement in their classroom to promote student motivation consist of:
- Connecting the Material to Students' Interests
- Providing Authentic, Real-World Tasks
- Showing Relevance to Students' Current Academic Lives
- Demonstrating the Relevance of Higher-Level Skills to Students' Future Professional Lives
- Identifying and Reward What You Value
- Showing Your Own Passion and Enthusiasm for the Discipline
Instructors can also help build positive expectancies by providing appropriate challenges towards assignments and coursework as well as setting up appropriate rubrics, feedback, and expectations of classroom material. This will help provide a positive mindset and motivation for students to achieve throughout the course.
As an educator I see many of these goals and expectations through my students and myself. In the classroom I see many students who are motivated intrinsically with positive praise or being able to achieve an "A" on their grade cards. As an instructor I also provide extrinsic motivation for my students by providing field trips throughout the year if they exhibit passing grades or no missing assignments in the classroom. I have many students who are sophomores and their goal is to have passing grades so they can be accepted into their career program at Miami Valley Career Tech Center. I have many seniors who have set goals for themselves to pass all of their classes and graduate from high school. I see an array of motivation and goals that students set for themselves to succeed each and every year. As for myself, positive praise and learning new material that is beneficial for me to use in the classroom is always a motivator. I find it fascinating the various things that motivate individuals everyday to master their goal either long term or short term.
Ambrose, S., Bridges M., DiPietro, M., Lovett, M., Norman, M. (2010). How Learning Works: 7 Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass