The Strategic
Instruction Model (SIM)
The University of Kansas
Center for Research on Learning
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
Effective Literacy Programs in
Secondary Schools
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Comprehensive
Coordinated
Fidelity of Implementation
Accountability
Strong Administrative Leadership
SIM Adolescent Literacy Continuum
2. General Education
Embedded Strategies
1. General Education
Enhanced Content
3. Intensive Reading
Strategy Support
• strategy classes
Students not
making AYP in
reading
4. Evidence-Based
Reading Class
• strategic tutoring
5. Clinical
Intervention
6. Before/AfterSchool Strategic
Tutoring
Concept Diagram
3 Key Words
elephant
1
CONVEY CONCEPT
2
OFFER OVERALL
CONCEPT
3
NOTE KEY WORDS
4
CLASSIFY
CHARACTERISTICS:
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
1
Mammal
Always Present
warm-blooded
human
nurse their young
has hair
warm-blooded
Vertebrate
Sometimes Present
+
+
walks on 2 legs
walks on 4 legs
+
swims in water
Never Present
O
cold-blooded
can fly
moves on the ground
nurse their
young
5
EXPLORE EXAMPLES
Examples:
Nonexamples:
whale
human
snake
elephant
alligator
bird
shark
whale
walks on
4 legs
bat
can fly
cold-blooded
6
PRACTICE WITH NEW EXAMPLE
7
TIE DOWN
A DEFINITION
duckbill
platypus
shark
bird
A mammal is a warm-blooded vertebrate that has hair and nurses its young.
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Concept Mastery Results
80
78%
70
60
50
40
54%
Pre
Post
30
20
10
0
Test scores of students with disabilities on unit tests
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
Self-Questioning Strategy
• Attend to clues as you read
• Say some questions
• Keep predictions in mind
• Identify the answer
• Talk about the answers
Self-Questioning Strategy
60
Mean Percentage of Points
50
40
30
20
10
0
7th Grade Science Class: Growth Scores
SIM Learning Strategies
Curriculum
Acquisition
Storage
Expression
Word Identification
First-Letter Mnemonic
Sentences
Paraphrasing
Paired Associates
Paragraphs
Self-Questioning
Listening/Note taking
Error Monitoring
Visual Imagery
Vocabulary
Themes
Interpreting Visuals
Assignment Completion
Multipass
Test-Taking
Performance Gap
Demands/
Skills
Content Enhancement
Skills/Strategies
Years in School
SIM Adolescent Literacy Continuum
2. General Education
Embedded Strategies
1. General Education
Enhanced Content
3. Intensive Reading
Strategy Support
• strategy classes
Students not
making AYP in
reading
4. Evidence-Based
Reading Class
• strategic tutoring
5. Clinical
Intervention
6. Before/AfterSchool Strategic
Tutoring
The University of Kansas
Center for Research on Learning
(785) 864-4780
www.kucrl.org