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**Five Step Self Instructional Sequence**

**Content** Mathmatic computation skills are improved along with the understanding of the skills needed in the process through self-instruction.

**Grade Level** Elementary through high school grade levels can use this strategy.

**Curriculum Standards** In a 7th grade math classroom, Curriculum Standards that would involve this strategy would be: M.O.7.1.5 analyze and solve grade-appropriate real-world problems with whole numbers, integers, decimals, fractions and percents including problems involving


 * discounts,
 * interest,
 * taxes,
 * tips,
 * percent increase or decrease, and justify solutions including using estimation and reasonableness.

M.O.7.1.3 using simple computation and problem-solving situations, demonstrate fluency and justify solutions in performing operations with rational numbers including negative numbers for
 * adding
 * subtracting
 * multiplying
 * dividing

**Description of Practices** 1. Model: The teacher shows to the students how to complete a problem through self instruction. 2. Coparticipation: The student along with the teacher work through the problem together through self instruction. 3.Student Demonstration: The student completes the problem alone through self instruction. 4. Fading overt self- instruction:The student keeps working on the problem alone. 5. Feedback: The student completes a problem alone and uses reinforcement to them self.

**Implementation Considerations** Self-contained and small groups would be ideal implementation classroom set-ups for this strategy.

**Example** [|http://nichcy.org/research/ee/math#self] This website provides reason in why self-instruction (the five step instructional sequence) is an appropriate strategy.

[] **Citation** Leon, J. A., & Pepe, H. J. (1983). Self-instructional training:cognitive behavior modification for remediating arithmetic deficits. //Exceptional Children//, //50//(1), 54-60.