The reflection questions for this week include: What have you learned about instructional strategies? What would you
like to learn during this class (CSD 764-Instructional Strategies:
D/HH)? To me instructional strategies are the strategies and/or plans on how to convey/teach a skill, concept and/or message to your students. This can be done in numerous ways such as interactive instruction, direct or indirect instruction, etc. There is no one right way to use instruction, you can use a variety of types of instruction in a different situations, environments, concepts, etc.
Throughout this class, I have a strong desire to learn about the different methods to teach different topics such as social studies, math, reading, etc. Behavior management was one of the skills I know that I need to improve on and develop even more in this last year of the graduate program. I am also curious of learning different instructional strategies and methods when working with children with multiple disabilities. I am extremely excited to learn and utilize these strategies in our practicum sites as well as in the "real world."
The fact that research has shown students with a hearing loss often times do not achieve higher than a 3rd grade reading level is something that has been brought up on numerous occasions. This is very unfortunate and I believe that with strong educators and a strong belief and motivation to change this statistic, we can utilize the data at our disposal to help. My plan to face this is would be to challenge and utilize the technology, resources, and assessments available to support my student's needs in the area of literacy development.
