Str Study Quiz

An asset-based (or strengths-based) approach to education builds learning around a student's strengths and existing knowledge, rather than focusing on what they lack.
-the asset-based approach views diversity in thought, culture, and traits as positive assets that should be valued.
-based on the idea that teaching to a student's strengths helps them to feel valued, build their confidence, and reach their full potential. The approach seeks to celebrate differences and eliminate biases that hold back certain student demographics, especially those with disabilities, students of color, and English language learners (ELLs).

• Assets-based appraoch

• deficit-based approach:

• instructional strategies that work well in an asset-based teaching approach:

• Dyslexia

making decisions for the school, grade level, or classroom based on actual data rather than just intuition.

• discourse

• dysgraphia

• data based decision making

• direct instruction

an affix that changes one word to another

• derivational affix

• guided reading

• flexible grouping

• inflectional suffix

tailoring curriculum and pedagogy to meet students' individual needs.

• differentiated instruction

• direct instruction

• discourse

• emergent literacy

The teacher defines and teaches a concept, guides students through its application, and arranges for guided practice until mastery is achieved.

• asset based approach

• explicit instruction

• direct instruction

• differentiated instruction

written or spoken communication

• morpheme

• discourse

• emergent literacy

• dysgraphia

A broad label defining a learning disability that affects language processing, often leading to difficulty with reading.

• evidence based practices

• emergent reading

• dysgraphia

• dyslexia

A severe difficulty in producing handwriting that is legible and written at an age-appropriate speed.

• discourse

• dysgraphia

• dyslexia

The reading and writing experiences children participate in before they begin formal schooling.

• flexible grouping

• evidence based practices

• emergent literacy

• guided reading

teaching practices based in research and professional wisdom.

• evidence based practices

• explicit instruction

• guided reading

• direct instruction