Incorporating multiple senses through strategies like chewing gum, using a vibrating pen, or sitting on a ball chair can support focus, Attention, and engagement for some learners.
Supported independent reading, sometimes called Scaffolded Silent Reading, is when teachers scaffold and monitor learners' independent reading time, offering students a choice of accessible texts, and periodic check-in's with individual students to provide guidance and accountability.
This practice helps learners retain information into Long-term Memory and can help learners troubleshoot when they are using digital tools in real-time.
Flipped classrooms allow learners to self-pace their learning outside of the classroom, providing additional time for those learners who may need it, including multilingual learners or learners with learning disabilities, This also can help to build Background Knowledge before engaging more deeply with the content in the classroom, supporting transfer and Core Academic Literacies.
Music and dance supports young learners in a myriad of ways, including supporting their engagement and motivation, connecting with cultural background, and offering structure during play.
Flipped classrooms allow learners to self-pace their learning outside of the classroom, providing additional time for those learners who may need it, including multilingual learners or learners with learning disabilities, This also can help to build Background Knowledge before engaging more deeply with the content in the classroom, supporting transfer and Core Academic Literacies.
Research shows that, along with traditional reading comprehension strategies, learners use unique strategies to read the non-linear, hyperlinked structure of online texts.
Speech-to-text can support adult learners with and without physical impairments, especially in Composition, while also increasing independence, decreasing anxiety, and developing a Learner Mindset with the error correction process embedded in the software.
Physical Well-being, including exercise, can be especially important for those learners with ADHD as it can support cognition, mood, and focus.
When Working Memory is overtaxed, a learner can seem to be distracted because they may struggle to recall and use information simultaneously.