CourseworkITL520 Academic Language & LiteracyLiteracy EducationNational UniversitySpecialized Instructional StrategiesStudent-Centered Learning
Individualizing the Learning Experience
One of the skillsets that content area literacy teachers can cultivate is the ability to differentiate and individualize a learning experience for a specific student. Teachers carry out this process when a student does not grasp a concept when first introduced to it. Maybe the concept was too abstract for the student to understand the first time, maybe they were absent for a part of the class period, maybe they did not understand the vocabulary terms being applied, maybe the pace of the learning experience was too fast, or maybe – something else. Knowing why a student had a tough...