interest
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The I in Instruction can be the same I in IEP and IDEA.
I am consistently surprised by the reliance on canned items for students who struggle. There are different reasons students struggle but we know that there are secondary characteristics and factors that inhibit effective information processing that can be addressed with some Individualization. In a math intervention graduate course I teach at the University of Saint Joseph,…
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Real Life Relevant Context for Students with Autism
In a lesson on functions I provided a student with autism the input and output mapping on the left as opposed to the problems like the one on the right. This student, as I’ve written before, loves comics and superheroes and villains. He was tasked with matching (mapping) people with super powers with the organization to…
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Engagement Through Individual Interest