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opportunities and their resultant typically higher retention and learning satisfaction
margins.
2) Strategy instruction6 -- Pairing direct instruction of academic content with skills
development (again, customized to a students learning strengths and differences) is
central to providing vital motivation and cross-content application capabilities.
ONE bottom line idea regarding learning disabilities that is most important to remember for
teaching/tutoring and why it is crucial:
1) Bottom line: Students can learn they just may learn differently.7 This is the backbone
of my tutoring practice.
6 Ibid.
7 Soffer, Learning Module 3, Slide 18 (lecture notes); as well as Powell, 2015.
References
Friend, M. P. (2014). Special education: Contemporary perspectives for school professionals
(4th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.
Powell, C. E., Ph.D. (2015, September 18). Students with learning differences [Personal interview with
the Director of the Paul C. Gilliam Learning Center, St. Pius X High School, Houston, Texas].