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

2. 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 CRL

3. Effective Literacy Programs in Secondary Schools Comprehensive Coordinated Fidelity of Implementation Accountability Strong Administrative Leadership

4. SIM Adolescent Literacy Continuum Students not making AYP in reading 1. General Education Enhanced Content 2. General Education Embedded Strategies 3. Intensive Reading Strategy Support strategy classes strategic tutoring 5. Clinical Intervention 4. Evidence-Based Reading Class 6. Before/After- School Strategic Tutoring

5. Concept Diagram

6. Concept Mastery Results Test scores of students with disabilities on unit tests

7. SIM Content Enhancement Teaching Routines Planning and Leading Learning Course Organizer Unit Organizer lesson Organizer Explaining Text, Topics, and Details Framing Routine Survey Routine Clarifying Routine Teaching Concepts Concept Mastery Routine Concept Anchoring Routine Concept Comparison Routine Increasing Performance Quality Assignment Routine Question Exploration Routine Recall Enhancement Routine

8. Self-Questioning Strategy A ttend to clues as you read S ay some questions K eep predictions in mind I dentify the answer T alk about the answers

9. Self-Questioning Strategy 7th Grade Science Class: Growth Scores

10. SIM Learning Strategies Curriculum Acquisition Word Identification Paraphrasing Self-Questioning Visual Imagery Interpreting Visuals Multipass Storage First-Letter Mnemonic Paired Associates Listening/Note taking Vocabulary Expression Sentences Paragraphs Error Monitoring Themes Assignment Completion Test-Taking

11. Performance Gap Demands/ Skills Years in School Content Enhancement Skills/Strategies

12. SIM Adolescent Literacy Continuum Students not making AYP in reading 1. General Education Enhanced Content 2. General Education Embedded Strategies 3. Intensive Reading Strategy Support strategy classes strategic tutoring 5. Clinical Intervention 4. Evidence-Based Reading Class 6. Before/After- School Strategic Tutoring

13. The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning (785) 864-4780 www.kucrl.org