Mastery learning for children with special needs

1. USING MASTERY LEARNING
FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS?
By: Mohammad Izad bin
Shuwardi.

2. FIRST
•Consider what measures to take for every student;
Examples include untimed exams, a flexible attendance policy,
use of a recorder in class, maintaining a shared set of class notes
that can be accessed on line, extra review time, and opportunities
for extra credit.
• Offer a wide range of options for studying, test taking and learning
to all of my students.

3. OTHER METHODS:
 Create predictable lessons,
 Appoint of visual, auditory and kinaesthetic learning modes,
 Introduce new material in familiar contexts,
 Frame lessons, and encourage students to complete complex tasks,
 Make lesson materials available outside of class,
 Use contrasting colors or fonts to emphasize for example: on
differences between morphology and syntax.

4. OTHER SPECIFIC PRACTICES:
 Allowing extended time on tests and assignments.
 Allowing the student to dictate written work to a recording device.
 Allowing the student to take the test on a computer.
 Allowing the student to define their in-class participation or to
decline to read aloud in front of others.
 Allow them to prepare input in advance.
 Enlisting the help of a fellow student to scribe will boost their skills
and foster relationships through the target language.

5. By creating a variety of opportunities for my students to learn and
demonstrate what they have learned, I will make my class more
accessible to all students, and by dialoguing with students with LD
and providing accommodations, they will achieve a lifelong
relationship with a foreign language.

6. THANK YOU