F.A.T CITY WORKSHOP

ANXIETY

• The information cannot get through under pressure.
• In order to stay away from the source of anxiety, the students look away.
• Seem to ignore the teacher.

PROCESSING

• LD students need time to process the question being asked.
• After they have figured out the question, they might feel confident to answer it.

RISK-TAKING

• Without rewards or recognition students will not take risks.
• Volunteering needs to be rewarded in order to have students participate in class.

VISUAL PERCEPTION

• Not related to motivation.
• The use of direct instruction will facilitate the learning process.
• What the students need is a teacher.

READING COMPREHENSION

• Have to do with background instead of vocabulary knowledge.
• Direct instruction is needed.

ORAL EXPRESSION

• Speaking as an associative task.
• Allow students enough time to process their thoughts in writing first.
• After writing down their thoughts, it will get easier to orally communicate their thoughts.

READING AND DECODING

• LD students will decode, but will not understand what they are reading.
• The use of colors and different fonts can help the students understand the passage.

FAIRNESS

• Everyone get what they need.
• Not all students need the same.