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The Strategic Instruction Model (SIM)
The University of Kansas Center for Research on
Learning
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The Strategic Instruction Model (SIM)

• SIM is an integrated model of
  research-validated practices designed to address
  the literacy needs of adolescents.
• 25 years of R D
• Goal of SIM is to dramatically improve
  academic achievement through
• The Learning Strategies Curriculum to increase
  student learning
• Content Enhancement Routines to help teachers
  promote greater understanding, remembering, and
  use of critical content

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Effective Literacy Programs in Secondary Schools

• Comprehensive
• Coordinated
• Fidelity of Implementation
• Accountability
• Strong Administrative Leadership

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SIM Adolescent Literacy Continuum
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Concept Diagram
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Concept Mastery Results
Test scores of students with disabilities on unit
tests
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SIM Content Enhancement Teaching Routines
Planning and Leading Learning Course
Organizer Unit Organizer lesson Organizer
Teaching Concepts Concept Mastery Routine Concept
Anchoring Routine Concept Comparison Routine
Explaining Text, Topics, and Details Framing
Routine Survey Routine Clarifying Routine
Increasing Performance Quality Assignment
Routine Question Exploration Routine Recall
Enhancement Routine
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Self-Questioning Strategy

• Attend to clues as you read
• Say some questions
• Keep predictions in mind
• Identify the answer
• Talk about the answers

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Self-Questioning Strategy
7th Grade Science Class Growth Scores
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SIM Learning Strategies Curriculum
Expression Sentences Paragraphs Error
Monitoring Themes Assignment Completion Test-Takin
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Acquisition Word Identification Paraphrasing Sel
f-Questioning Visual Imagery Interpreting
Visuals Multipass
Storage First-Letter Mnemonic Paired
Associates Listening/Note taking Vocabulary
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Performance Gap
Demands/ Skills
Content Enhancement
Skills/Strategies
Years in School
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SIM Adolescent Literacy Continuum
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