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  • Powering Up for Differentiated Instruction

    Building scaffolds into lessons is crucial, and video game strategies can inspire teachers in the effort to meet students’ needs.
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  • The Benefits of Using Choice Boards in Math

    How math choice boards can enable new elementary teachers to meet the needs of their individual learners while employing mathematical rigor.
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    Why Are Some Kids Thriving During Remote Learning?

    Though remote learning during the pandemic has brought many challenges, some students seem to be thriving in the new circumstances. What can we learn from them?
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  • 6 Foundational Ways to Scaffold Student Learning

    A collection of evidence-backed tips to help students cross the bridge from confusion to clarity.
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  • A Student-Centered Model of Blended Learning

    When educators at a Washington, DC, high school ditched their lectures and devised a self-paced blended learning model, their students thrived.
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  • A New Approach to Flexible Grouping

    This strategy for flexible grouping mixes whole class, small group, and individual practice in one lesson and helps build a classroom community.
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  • How to Reduce the Cognitive Load on Students During Lessons

    A look at ways teachers can refine their practices to help ensure that students absorb and process information so they can retrieve it later.
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  • Using Differentiation to Challenge All Students

    Whether students are ahead of their peers or behind, differentiation should ensure that all learners engage in critical thinking.
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  • 5 Ways to Use AI Tools to Meet Students’ Needs

    Teachers can use AI tools to help generate ideas and learning materials to address their students’ diverse needs.
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  • Supporting Multilingual Students in the Early Grades

    Five ways teachers can celebrate and extend the linguistic expertise of young students who speak two or more languages.
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  • How Generative AI Can Support Research-Based Math Instruction

    Teachers can use artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT to generate rich math tasks and differentiate instruction.
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  • Strategies for Improving Small Group Instruction

    Tips for giving direct instruction to small groups, whether students are in the classroom or learning at home.
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    Teaching a Class With Big Ability Differences

    Techniques for meeting the needs of students with diverse abilities and interests.
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  • Creating a Dysgraphia-Friendly Classroom

    Six ways to support students with dysgraphia—a learning difference that affects a person’s ability to produce written work.
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  • How UDL Creates an Equitable Environment for Students

    Providing multiple means of engagement, representation, and expression creates opportunities for all students to learn.
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