What is the practice?
The Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction (SDLMI) is an instructional model that teaches students to engage in self-directed and self-regulated learning.
The instructional model is comprised of three phases:
- Set a goal
- Take action
- Adjust goal or plan
Students are required to solve the problems through a series of four steps:
- Identify the problem
- Identify potential solutions to the problem
- Identify barriers to solving the problem
- Identify consequences of each solution
Each question is linked to a set of Teacher Objectives that describe the student outcomes for each question. Each phase includes a list of Educational Supports that teachers can implement to enable students to engage in self-directed learning.
Where has it been implemented?
- High school (3 studies)
- Middle school and high school (1 study)
Where is the best place to find out how to do this practice?
References used to establish this evidence base:
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Lee, S.-H., Wehmeyer, M. L., Palmer, S. B., Soukup, J. H., & Little, T. D. (2008). Self-determination and access to the general education curriculum. The Journal of Special Education, 42(2), 91–107. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022466907312354
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Shogren, K. A., Burke, K. M., Anderson, M. H., Antosh, A. A., Wehmeyer, M. L., LaPlante, T., & Shaw, L. A. (2018). Evaluating the differential impact of interventions to promote self-determination and goal attainment for transition-age youth with intellectual disability. Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 43(3), 165–180. https://doi.org/10.1177/1540796918779775
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Wehmeyer, M. L., Palmer, S. B., Shogren, K., Williams-Diehm, K., & Soukup, J. H. (2013). Establishing a causal relationship between intervention to promote self-determination and enhanced student self-determination. The Journal of Special Education, 46(4), 195–210. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022466910392377
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Wehmeyer, M. L., Shogren, K. A., Palmer, S. B., Williams-Diehm, K. L., Little, T. D., & Boulton, A. (2012). The impact of the self-determined learning model of instruction on student self-determination. Exceptional Children, 78(2), 135–153. https://doi.org/10.1177/001440291207800201
Additional References:
- Raley, S. K., Shogren, K. A., & McDonald, A. (2018). Whole-class implementation of the self-determined learning model of instruction in inclusive high school mathematics classes: Self- determination with the whole-class. Inclusion, 6(3), 164–174. https://doi.org/10.1352/2326-6988-6.3.164
