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The Equity Advantage of Small Groups

Catlin Tucker

Part III: Transitioning from Whole Group to Small Group to Achieve Equity in Education In the first blog post in this series, Time Efficiency vs. Equity in Education , I wrote about the tension between the demands on teachers’ time and the desire to provide equitable learning experiences.

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Differentiating Instruction with Technology

EdTechTeacher

Differentiated instruction is a method by which we can tackle this challenge and find new ways to help our students. It is the process by which teachers utilize a variety of tools and strategies to meet the needs of their diverse group of students. UDL Framework from CAST. EdTechTeacher Summer Workshops.

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Inclusion and Co-Teaching in the Personalized Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

It entails individualized education plans (IEPs), differentiated instruction, and universal design for learning (UDL) to meet diverse needs. The 6th-grade math teacher was seen at a large table, where she used adaptive tool data to pull a group of learners for targeted instruction.

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So you think you understand UDL?

eSchool News

I thought I had a pretty good handle on universal design for learning (UDL), but after chatting with Katie Novak , Ed.D., Novak, author of UDL Now! Q: What exactly is UDL, and why does it matter? When I was young, we were tracked, starting in first grade, into “high” or “low” reading groups, gifted, etc.

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Using The Station Rotation Model in Math

Catlin Tucker

Most math curricula are designed for a whole group teacher-led lesson where the teacher is expected to cover a new concept or process every day. It can be challenging, if not impossible, to meet all those needs with a whole group teacher-led lesson. Math is a linear subject, with each concept building on the one before.

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Balance Instruction and Feedback with Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

Effective use of differentiated instruction “has been proven to successfully promote the equity dimension of instructional effectiveness by providing all students with the opportunity to improve their achievement levels” (Valiandes, 2015). Ultimately, feedback is how students feel seen and supported in a class.

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What Is Universal Design for Learning ?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) draws its inspiration from the broader concept of Universal Design (UD), initially pioneered in architecture. 2003), and Universal Instructional Design (UID; Silver et al., Our focus in this post is on Universal Design for Learning, popularly known by the acronym UDL.

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