About the MPLTL Project
The Instructional Climate (Peer Leader, Instruction, Materials)
The Self-Determined Learner:
Students with Enhanced Strategic and Self-Regulated Learning Skills
- The MPLTL project will supplement selected peer leaders’ existing training with knowledge about high achieving college students with LD/ADHD and how these characteristics can affect learning and test performance.
MPLTL peer leaders will also be oriented to the Principles of Universal Design for Instruction© (UDI) so they can modify the skills and materials they are trained to use with all students. Each week, these peer leaders will spend an additional hour debriefing with project staff on MPLTL sessions, record notes, archive student work, and receive ongoing training. - Just as peer leaders will bring enhanced knowledge and skills to MPLTL sessions, students with LD/ADHD will do the same. They will meet weekly with the Project Manager in a group Academic Coaching Seminar throughout the semester. Using the content from their Chemistry or Calculus course and MPLTL’s, students will practice college-level learning strategies (e.g., notetaking, test-taking) and be coached on organizational skills to address “executive functioning” weaknesses (e.g., goal setting, time management).
Each student will engage in a learning strategies pre- and post-seminar assessment. In addition, students will learn about general principles of learning efficacy as well as self-determination factors that contribute to successful outcomes for college students with and without disabilities.
