Location
Room 120
Start Date
28-2-2025 10:45 AM
End Date
28-2-2025 11:25 AM
First Presenter's Brief Biography
Dr. Strong is an Assistant Professor of Special Education at Middle Georgia State University. She prepares undergraduate students in the dual special education/early childhood education program, the secondary education licensure program, the Master of Arts in Teaching (general education) and the Master of Education with emphasis on Literacy. Dr. Strong spent 37 years as a special educator, separate special education program administrator and a director of special services.
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Presentation Type
Concurrent Session
Panel Session, Roundtable Discussion
Abstract
What gives you your “True Grit?” In this session, participants will explore the concepts of grit and perseverance for students with learning disabilities. Discover how these asset-based strategies enable self-efficacy and higher achievement in students (and teachers!). Evidence-based classroom strategies will be shared for participants to use with their students.
Conference Strands
Effective Teaching Strategies for Students with Disabilities
Description
Participants will be engaged in an active and informative session that includes a demonstration of grit through being presented with a fun, 5-minute puzzle challenge. Participants will then discuss what made them work to solve the problem versus give up? What makes our students quit or keep on trying? The presenter will briefly discuss the field of research behind these ideas and strategies.
The research foundation behind grit, perseverance, and teacher self-efficacy will be summarized for the audience with an emphasis on the practical application of classroom strategies for reaching at risk and students with learning disabilities. Duckworth's work on grit, perseverance and tenacity will be featured, along with teacher self-efficacy that has roots in Bandura and Tschannen-Moran's work. Additionally, we will touch on the initiatives of growth mindset by Dweck.
Special education teachers face daily challenges of motivating their classrooms of learners with engaging and explicit instruction on skills and topics that students with learning disabilities believe are too difficult. Considering the work of these researchers and the impact of their findings on student achievement is important. The presentation outcome will hopefully be invigorated teachers who are ready to show their students they can be successful.
Duckworth, A. (2016). Grit: The power of passion and perseverance. Scribner.
Dweck, C. (2016). Mindset. Random House.
Laursen, E. K. (2015). The power of grit, perseverance, and tenacity. Reclaiming Children and Youth, 23(4), 19-24. https://ezproxy.bethel.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarlyjournals/power-grit-perseverance-tenacity/docview/1655359246/se-2?accountid=8593.
Tschannen-Moran, M, Hoy, A.W. & Hoy W.K. (1998). Teacher efficacy, it's meaning and measure. Review of Educational Research, 1998 68: 202 DOI: 10.3102/0034654306800220.
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True Grit: Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities to Persevere
Room 120
What gives you your “True Grit?” In this session, participants will explore the concepts of grit and perseverance for students with learning disabilities. Discover how these asset-based strategies enable self-efficacy and higher achievement in students (and teachers!). Evidence-based classroom strategies will be shared for participants to use with their students.
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