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more open-ended and higher order questions during instruction. Through
reflection of video recorded lessons, they discovered occasions where they
could provide their students with visual impairments more opportunities
to
develop their thinking skills. Participants in the studies who reflected on and
analyzed their teaching more deeply appeared to make more changes in their
questioning in their next teaching episode. As one pre-service O&M
specialist reflected, "I have found that I get the best results as a teacher of
subjects with which I have more experience when I ask thought-based
questions and truly allow my students to become their own teachers."
Model of Self-Regulated Learning (SRL)
Within the field of education, in general, there are a variety of models,
taxonomies and frameworks from which we can draw to help us develop
effective ways to incorporate thinking skills. This presentation focused on
promoting thinking and problem-solving during instruction in the ECC through
the lens of self-regulated learning. Self-regulated learning (SRL) is defined
as, "the ability to control thoughts and actions to achieve personal goals and
respond to environmental demands." (Zimmerman, 2008 as cited in Butler,
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