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Good Literacy Instruction is Good for All Students [2:08]
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Creating Opportunities for Students to Explore and Understand Text [1:55]
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Symbols and Learning to Read [2:40]
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Choosing Words for the Classroom Word Wall [1:33]
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Importance of Repetition and Variety in Learning [1:11]
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Importance of Building Background Knowledge [2:39]
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Give both Reinforcement AND Informative Feedback [2:17]
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Knowing the Difference between Teaching and Testing Questions [1:52]
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The Art of Attributing Meaning to Student Attempts [2:13]
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Engaging Older Students [1:12]
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The Cost of Underestimating the Potential of Individual Students [1:41]
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Literacy for All: In conversation with Dr. Caroline Musselwhite
These 11 video clips and related learning guides provide an opportunity to enhance and support teacher practice in the area of literacy for students with significant disabilities. Dr. Caroline Musselwhite is an assistive technology specialist with more than 30 years of experience working with children and adolescents with significant disabilities.
Good Literacy Instruction is Good for All Students
Dr. Caroline Musselwhite discusses why good literacy instruction is good for all students, including students with significant disabilities.
Learning Guide: Good Literacy Instruction is Good for All Students
Length: 2 minutes 8 seconds
Creating Opportunities for Students to Explore and Understand Text
Dr. Caroline Musselwhite discusses the importance of having a high level of cognitive engagement for students to explore and understand text.
Learning Guide: Creating Opportunities for Students to Explore and Understand Text
Length: 1 minute 55 seconds
Symbols and Learning to Read
Dr. Caroline Musselwhite talks about how symbols can affect the reading process.
Learning Guide: Symbols and Learning to Read
Length: 2 minutes 40 seconds
Choosing Words for the Classroom Word Wall
Dr. Caroline Musselwhite shares her two rules for choosing words to create an effective classroom word wall.
Learning Guide: Choosing Words for the Classroom Word Wall
Length: 1 minute 33 seconds
Importance of Repetition and Variety in Learning
Dr. Caroline Musselwhite discusses the importance of meaningful repetition in learning, particularly for students with significant disabilities.
Learning Guide: Importance of Repetition and Variety in Learning
Length: 1 minute 11 seconds
Importance of Building Background Knowledge
Dr. Caroline Musselwhite discusses the importance of helping students with significant disabilities build background knowledge related to reading a text.
Learning Guide: Importance of Building Background Knowledge
Length: 2 minutes 39 seconds
Give both Reinforcement AND Informative Feedback
Dr. Caroline Musselwhite discusses the importance of providing students with feedback during the writing process. She uses examples to differentiate between different types of feedback: reinforcement feedback, informative feedback, and evaluative feedback.
Learning Guide: Giving both Reinforcement AND Informative Feedback
Length: 2 minutes 17 seconds
Knowing the Difference between Teaching and Testing Questions
Dr. Caroline Musselwhite discusses the difference between teaching and testing questions.
Learning Guide: Knowing the Difference between Teaching and Testing Questions
Length: 1 minute 52 seconds
The Art of Attributing Meaning to Student Attempts
Dr. Caroline Musselwhite discusses why it is important to attribute meaning (or give intention) to students’ attempts at writing and communicating.
Learning Guide: The Art of Attributing Meaning to Student Attempts
Length: 2 minutes 13 seconds
Engaging Older Students
Dr. Caroline Musselwhite discusses what it means to be age-respectful when working with older students.
Learning Guide: Engaging Older Students
Length: 1 minute 12 seconds
The Cost of Underestimating the Potential of Individual Students
Dr. Caroline Musslewhite discusses why it is important to not underestimate the potential of individual students, particularly students with significant disabilities.
Learning Guide: The Cost of Underestimating the Potential of Individual Students
Length: 1 minute 41 seconds
Literacy for All: In conversation with Dr. Caroline Musselwhite
Length: 18 minutes 27 seconds