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Setting up the classroom so students can move together in small groups helps learners link the cognitive benefits of movement with the social and emotional benefits of peer-assisted learning.
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Approximately 77% of deaf students learn in general education classrooms; educators can help support students with hearing loss through relationship-building (providing critical Social Supports), and can scaffold engagement though multiple modes of Communication.
Helping students build and apply their Background Knowledge, and ensuring that their own personal Background Knowledge is validated, acknowledged as a strength, and built upon in school, can ensure they feel empowered to connect what they are learning in the classroom to their own experiences.
Waters, L., Barsky, A., Ridd, A., & Allen, K. (2015). Contemplative education: A systematic, evidence-based review of the effect of meditation interventions in schools. Educational Psychology Review, 27(1), 103-134.
Allington, R.L. (2002). What I've learned about effective reading instruction from a decade of studying exemplary elementary classroom teachers. Phi Delta Kappan, 83(10), 740-747.
Videos also allow students to experience problems and scenes outside the classroom, capturing their Attention by bringing in different cultures and experiences (one strategy for culturally responsive teaching) and engaging them in authentic learning opportunities.