Students' GASC

In the last module, you explored the GASC learning channel. You probably found that, like your sensory preferences (KTAV), you tend to teach in your GASC style. Your students have both perceptual and organizational preferences too, and use the same combinations of styles to create meaning out of information. Your students' Compelling Whys can be addressed when you include activities that meet their GASC styles.

In this module, you will discover how you can design better instruction and activities to meet your students' GASC needs.

At the completion of this Module, you will be able to:

• Reflect on and continuously evaluate personal practice, adjust accordingly, and actively seek out opportunities to grow professionally using the knowledge and skills of this course.
• Work collaboratively to share knowledge, skills, and experiences, refine understanding of content, give and receive feedback, and improve expertise.
• Identify and explain specific instructional strategies based on each of the four combined GASC styles.
• Adapt, implement, and evaluate a classroom lesson using concrete-sequential and abstract-sequential strategies.
• Adapt, implement, and evaluate a classroom lesson using concrete-global and abstract-global strategies.
• Identify and explain the two perceptual styles (Concrete and Abstract), the two organizational styles (Global and Sequential), and overarching characteristics of the four teaching and learning styles resulting when they are combined (Concrete Global, Concrete Sequential, Abstract Global, and Abstract Sequential).
• Generalize this course content to reflect how the multicultural and diverse populations within classrooms have their needs met via the application of the skills, strategies, and knowledge of this course.