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I'm worried that trying to make my students into independent thinkers is going to be more difficult than my plans can handle.

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Possible issues:

- I would use my STAR intervention period to teach strategies, techniques, and skills toward more independent thinking, but only half of my special education students have that period at a time. That means only half of my students would be receiving that teaching.

- Still figuring out valid data collection

- Overcoming enabling that might be taking place at home

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Role of the Teacher

- Constructivist point of view

- Movement from strong teacher guidance toward student independence- various steps in the process

- Strategy instruction

- Teacher as a guide

- Promoting structured student groups

- Adapting instructional strategies based on student learning differences

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Collaborate Learning with Peers

- Pairing higher and lowers performing students

- Peer-led team learning

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Self-Directed Learning

- Project-based learning

- Problem-based learning

- Open-ended problems

- Engaging questions

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Other helpful information:

- Creating safe classrooms

- Student focused instead of teacher focuses

- IEP accommodation disabling students more than enabling them

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Three major findings from journal articles:

1. Self-directed learning

2. Collaborative learning with peers

3. Role of the teacher in self-directed and collaborate learning with peers

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Use STAR intervention period:

- practice problems independently and explain to others to build confidence

- self-assessing to check over work

- do whole test together and give clues where necessary

- slowly work students toward independent thinking by modeling and cutting back support

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I want to teach them strategies, techniques, and skills they can use to be independent thinkers now and in the future.

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As special education students they received accommodations such as tests being read aloud to them in a small group. They then ask a lot of questions and want to be walked through each problem step by step instead of taking the time and energy to think though problems on their own.

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Potential Topic:

How to make my students more independent thinkers.