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Blending Wheels
Content type: Journal Article
Children with learning disabilities typically struggle with learning to read, particularly with developing phonemic blending skills. Finding ways to provide sufficient decoding practice is an ongoing challenge for special educators. Blending wheels are...
Inquiry to Action
Content type: Journal Article
Students’ misconceptions about the equal sign are well documented, indicating many students struggle to form a relational understanding of the equal sign without instruction that targets this essential concept (e.g., Hattikudur, & Alibali, 2010; Powell...
Using the CRA-I Strategy to Develop Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge of Quadratic Expressions
Content type: Journal Article
The Concrete-Representational-Abstract Integration (CRA-I) Strategy is a promising practice for teaching algebra concepts and skills to students with disabilities. The CRA-I Strategy involves the simultaneous presentation of the algebra content using...
Color-Coded Graphic Organizers for Teaching Writing to Students With Learning Disabilities
Content type: Journal Article
The adoption of Common Core State Standards has placed a much greater emphasis on writing across all content areas. Students with Learning Disabilities (LD) struggle with various components of written expression, including developing ideas that adequately...
Toward More Effective Tiered Systems: Lessons From National Implementation Efforts
Content type: Journal Article
Based on the 2015 evaluation of response-to-intervention (RTI) efforts and our own 2 decades of experience in supporting educators’ implementation of RTI efforts, four recommendations are presented to advance effective implementation of tiered systems of...
Effects of Professional Development on Preschool Teachers’ Use of Embedded Instruction Practices
Content type: Journal Article
We conducted a randomized controlled potential efficacy trial to examine effects of two variants of the Tools for Teachers (TfT) professional development (PD) intervention on preschool teachers’ implementation of embedded instruction practices and children...
Retrieval Practice for Retention and Transfer
Content type: Journal Article
Retrieval practice is a powerful tool that improves learning, retention, and transfer of academic content. This article describes how to implement several retrieval practice in several formats, including flashcard practice, response card practice, weekly...
Promoting Play in Early Childhood Programs for Children With ASD: Strategies for Educators and Practitioners
Content type: Journal Article
Play skills are important for children’s development. Research has linked play skills with gains in other developmental domains including social, cognitive, and language skills. However, for many young children with disabilities, the development of this...
Reconceptualizing Instruction for Writing in Science Using the WiS Co-Planning Tool
Content type: Journal Article
The WiS Co-Planning Tool is a research-based tool to help special educators and their science educator colleagues plan writing instruction in a way that offers solutions to barriers of including writing instruction in science class. The Tool is aligned to...
Preparing for and Implementing Effective Inclusive Education With Participation Plans
Content type: Journal Article
This article discusses the use of participation plans, an organizational strategy educators can use to support systematic use of research-based practices for effective inclusive education for youth with disabilities. Participation plans include ecological...