Effect of Response Cards on Saudi Students with EBD in English Class.
Manal Y. Al sheef
Minnesota State University (Mankato)
Introduction
I have always found the idea behind the teaching strategy of response cards (RC) to students from Saudi Arabia with EBD in my country. It was drilled into my head that if we as teachers do not include this strategy, then students will not learn effectively and the class be bored. As we know teaching today is much more than telling facts from a textbook, it has become a series of practices that teachers compile together to form teaching methods. However, it is truly important including the response cards in my classroom if I want my students to be active during my lesson. In my study I want to validate if the students performances, interest, and motivation in the lesson are different with the use of RC English class is the most difficult class to students in my country. It is a challenging class to them in all the grades including the university level .They try to avoid it by being off task all the time such as engaging in activities and conversation with others during instruction, disruptive behavior towards others .So, this strategy as a new one will have a significant impact on their …show more content…
Teacher uses resource materials, student texts, workbooks. The class begins with a brief review of the previous lesson (5 min) about the letters in English, lecture on the new topic (20 min), question and answer period (10 min), and independent practice (5 min). During baseline conditions, team 1 would raise their hand to volunteer for responding to questions asked by the teacher during the 15-minute question and answer period. I would record off-task behaviors by placing a check mark on the data sheet beside the student name (5 students). During the response cards intervention condition, the teacher requested the team to display their response cards indicating their answers instead of raising their
Manal Y. Al sheef
Minnesota State University (Mankato)
Introduction
I have always found the idea behind the teaching strategy of response cards (RC) to students from Saudi Arabia with EBD in my country. It was drilled into my head that if we as teachers do not include this strategy, then students will not learn effectively and the class be bored. As we know teaching today is much more than telling facts from a textbook, it has become a series of practices that teachers compile together to form teaching methods. However, it is truly important including the response cards in my classroom if I want my students to be active during my lesson. In my study I want to validate if the students performances, interest, and motivation in the lesson are different with the use of RC English class is the most difficult class to students in my country. It is a challenging class to them in all the grades including the university level .They try to avoid it by being off task all the time such as engaging in activities and conversation with others during instruction, disruptive behavior towards others .So, this strategy as a new one will have a significant impact on their …show more content…
Teacher uses resource materials, student texts, workbooks. The class begins with a brief review of the previous lesson (5 min) about the letters in English, lecture on the new topic (20 min), question and answer period (10 min), and independent practice (5 min). During baseline conditions, team 1 would raise their hand to volunteer for responding to questions asked by the teacher during the 15-minute question and answer period. I would record off-task behaviors by placing a check mark on the data sheet beside the student name (5 students). During the response cards intervention condition, the teacher requested the team to display their response cards indicating their answers instead of raising their