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Test your understanding of students’ strengths and interests.

Why is it important to teach to your student's strengths and interests?
True or False: When students learn according to their interests, they demonstrate gains in attention, persistence, deeper processing of content, and enhanced metacognition.
How can you assess your student’s strengths and interests?
Which of these are good student-initiated projects for focusing on a student’s strengths and interests (check all that apply)?
Which assessment method seems to have more advantages for identifying strengths?
When speaking with a student for the first time, you should speak to her as if you are:
Is it important to incorporate a child’s interests into every goal in his IEP?
True or False: The "peaks and valleys" characteristic profile of a learning disability indicates that it is more important to focus on a student’s valleys (their weaknesses) in teaching than their peaks (strengths).
When an especially effective strategy is discovered for a student, what should happen?
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