Planning Devices
     Course Organizer
     Unit Organizer
     Lesson Organizer

   Explaining Devices
     Framing
     Survey (TRIMS)
     Clarifying
     Vocabulary LINCing

   Teaching Concepts
     Concept Mastery
     Concept Anchoring
     Concept Comparison

   Increasing Performance
     Recall Enhancement
     Question Exploration
     Order Routine
     Quality Assignment

COURSE MATERIALS
     Grade Level Materials
     Subject Materials

Survey Routine (TRIMS)
     The Survey Routine provides an overview of a reading assignment when students are having difficulty reading and sorting out information from inconsiderate text. Research has shown that students with LD and other low-achieving students as well as average and high achieving students correctly answered an average of 10% to 15% more of their test questions when the Survey Routine has been used with the students than when the Survey Routine was not used.

Linking Steps

1. Talk about the Title
2. Review Relationships
3. Introduce the Passage
4. Make an outline of the Main Parts
5. Summarize the Passage

Download Centre

Microsoft PowerPoint version    Expanded version
Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF) version
Microsoft Word version
Checklist for completion and observation (PDF) version

NOTE: The information on this site is intended for GSCS teachers who have received the appropriate Content Enhancement training.