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Understanding Assistive Technology: Policy and Implications for State Leaders

Slideshow

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In this joint webinar with CTD and the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), you'll learn why assistive technology needs to be an important component of your overall technology plan. Watch this...

Understanding Problems: Create Your Own

Lesson in Action

Standards: Make Sense of Problems

Mr. Garcia’s 3rd grade students are proficient at multiplying and dividing within 100. In this lesson, students will reinforce their understanding of problem-solving strategies by creating their own...

Understanding the Basics of Assistive Technology

Article

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This infographic provides information about definitions, categories, levels, and application of assistive technology. For more infographics on assistive technology and accessibility, please see:...

Universal Design for Learning Online Training Module

Module

This module helps users learn about the principles of Universal Design for Learning, identify the benefits of Universal Design for Learning (both for you and your students), understand the rationale...

Universal Design for Learning: A Framework for Access and Equity

Slideshow

This presentation presents UDL as a vehicle for equity and access.

Unlocking excellence with keys to quality: Align appropriate technologies within your school?s strategic improvement plan

Research

The author, a deputy superintendent of the Georgia Department of Education, explains the importance of utilizing technology as a key component of continuous improvement in schools. She describes how...

Unlocking excellence with keys to quality: Align appropriate technologies within your school’s strategic improvement plan

Research

Use Context Clues and Word Analysis to Support Struggling Readers

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Making use of context clues helps all readers, and especially those who struggle, to identify the meaning of words in text. One of the six types of context clues is being able to recognize a root...

Use Semantic Mapping and Visualizing to Support Struggling Readers

Tools and Templates

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Standards: Language • Literature • Informational Text

Many students, especially those who struggle and have disabilities, demonstrate strengths in their visual skills. Two evidence-based reading comprehension strategies draw on these strengths: semantic...

Using CRA to teach algebra to students with math difficulties in inclusive settings

Research

Standards: Reason Abstractly • Model with Mathematics • Make Sense of Problems

This study compared student achievement in solving liner algebraic functions using a concrete- to-representational-to-abstract (CRA) sequence of instruction and a repeated abstract explicit...

Using Mathematics Think Aloud: A Field-Identified Teaching Strategy for English Language Learners with Disabilities

Webinar

Standards: Make Sense of Problems

This webinar presents teacher insights on the Mathematics Think-Aloud strategy. The Think-Aloud strategy is one of four research-based teaching strategies designed from the practices of teachers who...