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Differentiated Instruction: Key to Student Success
Online professional development module that describes effective instructional features, including modeling, scaffolding, multiple student responses, and immediate feedback.
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Effective Instruction: Grouping for Instruction
Guidelines for using various grouping formats, including whole group, teacher-led small groups, partners, and cooperative groups. Includes suggestions for managing groups and a reflection activity for teachers.
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RTI Leadership Summit 2009 – Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies (TALA; PDF of presentation)
2009 presentation of research findings behind assessments and interventions in the Texas Adolescent Literacy Academies (TALA).
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Establishing an Intensive Reading and Writing Program for Secondary Students (Revised), Presentation slides (PDF of presentation)
Presentation slides to support the use of Establishing an Intensive Reading and Writing Program for Secondary Students (Revised), a professional development guide that provides in-depth background knowledge about adolescent literacy, specifically related to struggling readers and writers.
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"Guessing: Why the Reading Wars Won't End" (Letter printed in the Washington Post)
Letter signed by 41 reading researchers, scientists, and academics who support effective, scientificially-based reading instruction. Provides insights into the lack of teacher preparation in early reading instruction. Also discusses the lack of research behind teaching students to guess at words when reading.
Get Resource Louisa Moats Debunks Five Popular Myths About Dyslexia
Visit the International Dyslexia Association's website to read Louisa Moats article on five myths about Dyslexia.
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