WGU Inclusive Classroom: Strategies,
Tools, and Insights for Every Learner’s
Success
Data-based individualization (DBI)
is an empirically proven method for individually tailoring instruction for students with signifícant
learning problems.
Taxonomy of Intervention Intensity
the seven dimensions of intensity are strength, dosage, alignment, attention to transfer,
comprehensiveness, behavioral support, and individualization
Strength
How well the program works for students with intensive intervention needs, expressed in terms of
effect sizes
Dosage
The number of opportunities a student has to respond and receive corrective feedback
Alignment
How well the program (a) addresses the target student's full set of academic skill deficits, (b) does not
address skills the target student has already mastered (extraneous skills for that student), and (c)
incorporates a meaningful focus on grade-appropriate curricular standards
Attention to Transfer
The extent to which an intervention is designed to help students (a) transfer the skills they learn to
other formats and contexts and (b) realize connections between mastered and related skills
Comprehensiveness
The number of explicit instruction principles the intervention incorporates
Behavioral Support
The extent to which the program incorporates (a) self-regulation and executive function components
and (b) behavioral principles to minimize nonproductive behavior
, Individualization
A validated, data-based process for process for individualizing intervention, with which the special
educator systematically adjusts an intensive intervention platform over time to address the student's
complex learning needs
3-W, 2-What, 2-How strategy for story writing
Who is in the story?
When does the story take place?
Where does the story take place?
What happens in the story?
What do the characters in the story do?
How do the characters feel?
How does the story end?
SPACE Strategy (for narrative stories)
Setting
Purpose
Action
Conclusion
Emotions
THINK-stop-dare (for persuasive essays)
Who will read this? Why am I writing this?
think-STOP-dare (for persuasive essays)
Suspend judgment, Take a side or position, Organize ideas, and Plan more as you write.
think-stop-DARE (for persuasive essays)
Develop your topic sentence, Add supporting ideas, Reject opposing arguments, and End with a
conclusion.
First Stage of SRSD Model
(Develop Background Knowledge) provides the pre-skills needed to acquire and use relevant writing
strategies
Second Stage of SRSD Model
(Discuss It), students discuss their current writing performance and the strategies they use
Third Stage of SRSD Model
(Model It), the teacher models the process of the writing strategies using think-alouds that describe the
steps
Fourth Stage of SRSD Model
Tools, and Insights for Every Learner’s
Success
Data-based individualization (DBI)
is an empirically proven method for individually tailoring instruction for students with signifícant
learning problems.
Taxonomy of Intervention Intensity
the seven dimensions of intensity are strength, dosage, alignment, attention to transfer,
comprehensiveness, behavioral support, and individualization
Strength
How well the program works for students with intensive intervention needs, expressed in terms of
effect sizes
Dosage
The number of opportunities a student has to respond and receive corrective feedback
Alignment
How well the program (a) addresses the target student's full set of academic skill deficits, (b) does not
address skills the target student has already mastered (extraneous skills for that student), and (c)
incorporates a meaningful focus on grade-appropriate curricular standards
Attention to Transfer
The extent to which an intervention is designed to help students (a) transfer the skills they learn to
other formats and contexts and (b) realize connections between mastered and related skills
Comprehensiveness
The number of explicit instruction principles the intervention incorporates
Behavioral Support
The extent to which the program incorporates (a) self-regulation and executive function components
and (b) behavioral principles to minimize nonproductive behavior
, Individualization
A validated, data-based process for process for individualizing intervention, with which the special
educator systematically adjusts an intensive intervention platform over time to address the student's
complex learning needs
3-W, 2-What, 2-How strategy for story writing
Who is in the story?
When does the story take place?
Where does the story take place?
What happens in the story?
What do the characters in the story do?
How do the characters feel?
How does the story end?
SPACE Strategy (for narrative stories)
Setting
Purpose
Action
Conclusion
Emotions
THINK-stop-dare (for persuasive essays)
Who will read this? Why am I writing this?
think-STOP-dare (for persuasive essays)
Suspend judgment, Take a side or position, Organize ideas, and Plan more as you write.
think-stop-DARE (for persuasive essays)
Develop your topic sentence, Add supporting ideas, Reject opposing arguments, and End with a
conclusion.
First Stage of SRSD Model
(Develop Background Knowledge) provides the pre-skills needed to acquire and use relevant writing
strategies
Second Stage of SRSD Model
(Discuss It), students discuss their current writing performance and the strategies they use
Third Stage of SRSD Model
(Model It), the teacher models the process of the writing strategies using think-alouds that describe the
steps
Fourth Stage of SRSD Model
