Description
Book SynopsisThis book presents information about the design and provision of small group instruction to students who present persistent, ongoing learning challenges. This includes students who receive special education services as well as at risk students who need to be provided remedial instruction.
At the outset, reasons for using a small group arrangement are offered. These include (a) limits to public school funding that do not allow for 1:1 instructional arrangements to be used with most students who present learning challenges, (b) the instructional efficiency that can be realized through small group instruction, and (c) the fact that group instructional arrangements predominate in schools' least restrictive environments.
Subsequently, numerous details that instructors must attend to as they oversee small group instruction are discussed. These details include identifying which students will comprise a group and the specific curricula content th
Table of ContentsDedication
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Small Group Instruction: Establishing the Conditions for Presenting Effective Instruction
Chapter 2: General Education Classroom Instruction: The Reference Point for Intensive Small Group Instruction
Chapter 3: Features of Intensive Small Group Instruction
Chapter 4: Preparing for Small Group Instruction
Chapter 5: Small Group Instructional Strategies
Chapter 6: Assessment and Small Group Instruction
Chapter 7: Teaching Functional Content by Way of Small Group Instruction
Epilogue
Bibliography
Glossary
