Whole Learner Topics
Our topic pages highlight how learner variability intersects with different instructional practices and groups of learners. Discover what factors and strategies support these topics and more.
Culturally Responsive Practice
Engage students in the learning process, both cognitively and emotionally, through an understanding of how their identity and perspective is shaped by their culture and community experiences.
Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, and ADHD
Specific learning disabilities can include dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia, while attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) centers on an individual’s challenge with focus.
Universal Design for Learning
A learning design framework based on individual uniqueness in how they learn, and within that variability are patterns that are systematic and predictable based on neural networks that govern the learning process.
Featured Workspaces
Workspaces by Educators
Anyone can make a workspace using our Learner Centered Design tool. Workspaces allow the user to curate factors and strategies around a specific topic. The workspaces below highlight how educators, coaches, and experts in the field use this tool to support their work.
SEL for Remote Classroom
Rachael’s SEL Strategies for a Remote Classroom
Rachel Wilcox, 1st grade teacher, has curated strategies and resources to support both low tech and high tech options for SEL during distance learning.
Critical Literacy
Lynn’s Deep Dive into Critical Literacy
HP Fellow, Lynn Thomas, designed a workspace to reflect the resources, research, and thinking behind her new course on Understanding Contemporary First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Voices.
Virtual Project-Based Learning
Vidula’s Virtual Project-Based Learning
6th-grade teacher, Vidula Plante, reflects on the strategies that helped her adapt her PBL unit on kindness from in person to virtual.
Workspaces by Coaches
Addressing Assessment Anxiety
Ty’s Strategies to Address Assessment Anxiety
See how Coach Ty Johnson uses workspaces to coach his teachers on how to cope with issues like assessment anxiety.
Open Math Routines
Ty’s Strategies to Support Opening Math Routines
Math Coach Ty Johnson highlights factors and strategies that can support their instructional focus on opening math routines.
Strategies to Support Remote Learning
Ebony’s Strategies to Support Remote Learning
See what strategy Ebony Jones recommends for her teachers when designing instructional videos for remote learning.
Workspaces for Learning Differences
ADHD
Megan’s Workspace on ADHD
Special Educator, Megan Gross, shares her favorite strategies for supporting students with ADHD in her classroom.
Dyslexia
Megan’s Workspace on Dyslexia
Special Educator, Megan Gross, shares her favorite strategies for supporting students with dyslexia in her classroom.
Autism
Megan’s Workspace on Autism
Special Educator, Megan Gross, shares her favorite strategies for supporting students with autism in her classroom.
Supporting Deaf Students’ Math
SaraBeth’s Workspace on Supporting Deaf Students’ Math Learning
SaraBeth Sullivan, neuroscience researcher, shares strategies and resources for supporting deaf students in math learning.
Supporting Deaf Students’ Reading Skills
SaraBeth’s Workspace on Supporting Deaf Students’ Reading
SaraBeth Sullivan, neuroscience researcher, shares strategies and resources for supporting deaf students in reading
Designing Accessible Classrooms
SaraBeth’s Workspace on Designing Accessible Classrooms
SaraBeth Sullivan, neuroscience researcher, shares tips for what accessibility aspects to consider when setting up your classroom for students with disabilities.
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