Factors Affecting Reading Development

How will each factor in reading development affect your teaching considering your field of
specialization?

MOTIVATION
Become a role model for student interest. Deliver your presentations with energy and
enthusiasm. As a display of your motivation, your passion motivates your students. Make
the course personal, showing why you are interested in the material. Get to know your
students. You will be able to better tailor your instruction to the students’ concerns and
backgrounds, and your personal interest in them will inspire their personal loyalty to you.
Display a strong interest in students’ learning and a faith in their abilities

INTELLIGENCE
When you show students how tests often assess only a few types of intelligence, you can
spark meaningful conversations about this limited point of view. Many tests are worded and
formatted for certain types of intelligence, which can prevent students from demonstrating
the full scope of their knowledge and capabilities. Each of us has a range of skills, strengths
and weaknesses. Teaching our students about the multiple intelligences theory shows them
they each have something important to offer in every class or situation, and that our
differences can strengthen us as a whole. You can also have students fill out a questionnaire
to assess their multiple intelligences. This personalizes the theory and gives them
ownership over their learning so they can be their own advocates. It also helps you improve
how you plan, teach and assess them by building on their strengths while using
differentiated instruction to help them develop and progress.

LEARNING STYLES
The term “learning styles” speaks to the understanding that every student learns
differently. Technically, an individual’s learning style refers to the preferential way
in which the student absorbs processes, comprehends and retains information. For
example, when learning how to build a clock, some students understand the process
by following verbal instructions, while others have to physically manipulate the
clock themselves.

SELF CONCEPT
The term self-concept is a general term used to refer to how someone thinks about,
evaluates or perceives themselves. Self-concept is generally thought of as our individual
perceptions of our behavior, abilities, and unique characteristics. It is essentially a mental
picture of who you are as a person. For example, beliefs such as "I am a good friend" or "I
am a kind person" are part of an overall self-concept.