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Learning Styles: Fact or Fiction? What This Decades-Old Theory Can Teach Us

Waterford

Instead of planning activities based on learning styles, teachers may want to opt for a different, but better researched technique: differentiated instruction. How to Shift from Learning Styles to Differentiated Instruction. What is differentiated instruction and how does it differ from learning styles?

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Strategies for Supporting ELL Students in Math

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Michele Dawson, Senior Director of Instructional Technology in Compton Unified School District, CA, and Kelly Urlacher, Senior Curriculum Designer at DreamBox Learning, had a conversation of essential approaches for supporting these students in “ Key Strategies to Making Access and Equity a Reality for ELL Students.”. Leadership 3.0

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A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers: Learning Models & Technology

TeachThought - Learn better.

Learning Models, Theories, and Technology: A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers. Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. by Terry Heick and TeachThought Staff.

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Which Edtech Companies Are Listening to Teachers?

Edsurge

I’ve never not listened to teachers—maybe I’m biased being a teacher,” says Ediger, who taught eighth grade technology classes for nine years early in his career (he left teaching in 2002). We build them in order to help teachers be more efficient in differentiated instruction.”

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