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Focus
questions serve as an advanced organizer to stimulate your cognitive processes
as you read the lectures in the Lecture Hall. All focus questions
for all 10 lectures are presented here, so that you have a sense of the
scope of the course.1. What is effective teaching according to general education
researchers?
2. What is effective teaching according to special education
researchers?
3. What do they have in common?
4. How do they differ?
Focus Questions for Topic 2:
Data-Based Instruction (DBI)
1. What is data-based instruction?
2. Why is it important?
Focus Questions for Topic 3:
Learning Characteristics and Instructional Needs of "Typical" Atypical
Learners
1. What are the learning characteristics of the "typical" atypical learners
in your classroom?
2. How do these learning characteristics show up as instructional needs?
1. How can a teacher tell whether his/her instructional strategy is
beneficial to the learner?
2. Why would a teacher want to know?
Focus Questions for Topic 5:
The ABCs of DBI
1. What are the ABC's of DBI?
2. How can they help you design better instruction for students who
are difficult to teach?
Focus Questions for Topic 6:
Analyzing Data- Based Instruction
1. What makes these data-based instruction examples effective?
2. How can you use them?
Focus Questions for Topic 7:
Measuring and Monitoring Academic Progress
1. What academic behaviors do you want your selected learner to achieve?
2. How will you measure and monitor the learner's progress?
Focus Questions for Topic 8:
Designing and Evaluating Instructional Interventions
1. What antecedents can I change in my teaching environment to get a
change in the learner?
2. What consequences can I change?
3. Are there other aspects of the teaching/learning environment that
I can change?
Focus Questions for Topic 9:
Making Data-Based Decisions and Reporting Progress
1. Are my instructional interventions creating the desired changes in
the learner?
2. How can I tell?
3. What decisions am I making?
4. How will I report my results?
Focus Questions for Topic 10:
Using Networking to Address Special Challenges
1. What do I do if I cannot find an instructional intervention that
results in improvements for my learner?
2. What is my responsibility?
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