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In today's diverse landscape, bilingual and multilingual learners offer compelling linguistic and cultural assets into the classroom. These students bring unique skills to the learning environment, particularly in the realm...

In order to reduce the potential for cognitive overload, educators must provide an access point for meaningful engagement with grade-level content, and enhance overall learning. To accomplish that, let’s envision...

Imagine that students have begun their first reading of The Scarlet Letter. Rather than beginning on page one, the teacher chooses to introduce students to (the unnamed) Hester Prynne and Pearl as...

Developed by John Sweller, Cognitive Load Theory suggests that we are limited in how much information a person’s brain can process effectively at one time. He asserts that there are three...

How do we, as educators, utilize tailored materials like leveled texts to  encourage students to have meaningful conversations?

Adaptive Reader can help preserve student dignity by maintaining an impression of uniformity– accomplished by cover art that is replicated across editions– while allowing students access to leveled and/or translated...

Lev Vygotsky, a renowned Russian psychologist, introduced the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) as part of his social development theory in the early 20th century. ZPD refers to the intellectual...

Before the advent of adaptive materials and differentiated instruction, neurologically and linguistically diverse students often found themselves excluded from general education classroom experiences. Replacing the outdated language of “labels and perceived...

In the modern classroom, the shift towards differentiated instruction is driving educators to utilize strategies that cater to individual student needs and abilities. Within the realm of literacy instruction, the...

In the dynamic world of education, the unique needs and abilities of all students are taken into account to provide the best learning environment possible. This rings especially true for...

In today's increasingly diverse classrooms, English language learners (ELLs) are a rapidly growing student population. These students bring unique needs to the learning environment, particularly in the realm of literacy...