Such cultural material can be used in social studies, science, reading, or language arts. Encouraging positive ethnic affiliation serves multiple purposes. Nurturing ethnic affiliation also helps all students learn about and respect other cultural groups' heritages and histories, while keeping their own culture instilled in their hearts and their minds. Use cooperative learning. Both theory and research support cooperative learning as an effective instructional strategy.
Students take responsibility for both their own learning and the learning of their peers.
By becoming active group participants, they gain equal access to learning opportunities. Develop students' metacognitive learning strategies. This strategy is used to help students become independent learners by helping them comprehend concepts, monitoring their success, and making the necessary adjustments when meaning breaks down. Students learn to recognize when they are approaching an obstacle, make necessary corrections, and proceed. Teachers instruct students to employ alternative strategies once they have recognized and determined a breakdown in comprehension.