Differentiating for Struggling Readers and Writers: Improving Motivation and Metacognition through Multisensory Methods & Explicit Strategy Instruction

Jennifer Walet, Graduate Student

Education Department of Creighton University

This paper examines the issue of struggling readers and writers, and offers suggestions to help teachers increase struggling students’ motivation and metacognition.  Suggestions include multisensory methods that make use of the visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning pathways, as well as explicit strategy instruction to improve students’ ability to self-regulate and apply learning strategies.

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