inclusive teaching

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Hello, I am a teacher in Texas. My only advice to you is to structure your class so that group work is always possible. By working together, the students learn from each other and from you. Hope this helps!
teacher5874

I haven’t been able to try it myself, but I came across this idea called Layered Curriculum by Kathie Nunley and I love the way it sounds. In a nutshell, units are developed where there exists many different ways to learn the content using a wide variety of materials and students get to pick and choose their preferred activities/work until they have accumulated a set number of points. There is accountability for learning through something she calls “oral defense” where 1:1 she asks questions to determine whether they have learned the material or not (cooperative learning is encouraged but this prevents riding on coattails or cheating). Everybody gets to benefit—the brightest/most competent students get a real challenge in order to earn an A and the lowest/least successful students get an opportunity to learn without having everyone know that their work is modified or otherwise “different.” It’s all a matter of student choice. She boasts high levels of student involvement and low incident rates of misbehavior. You can find this at teach4me.com—I believe this is the address. Good luck and God Bless.