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  2. Didactic method - Wikipedia

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    A didactic method (Greek: διδάσκειν didáskein, "to teach") is a teaching method that follows a consistent scientific approach or educational style to present information to students. The didactic method of instruction is often contrasted with dialectics and the Socratic method; the term can also be used to refer to a specific didactic ...

  3. Socratic questioning - Wikipedia

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    Socratic questioning (or Socratic maieutics) [1] is an educational method named after Socrates that focuses on discovering answers by asking questions of students. According to Plato, Socrates believed that "the disciplined practice of thoughtful questioning enables the scholar/student to examine ideas and be able to determine the validity of those ideas". [2]

  4. Direct instruction - Wikipedia

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    Direct Instruction has been effectively delivered through peers to students with learning disabilities. [7] Peer delivery offers teachers new ways to use the curriculum. [7] The approach has also been examined as a model to assist students in a resource room with homework completion, bolster executive functioning skills, and improve teacher ...

  5. Harkness table - Wikipedia

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    The Harkness method is in use at many American boarding schools and colleges and encourages discussion in classes. The style is related to the Socratic method.Developed at Phillips Exeter Academy, [1] the method's name comes from the oil magnate and philanthropist Edward Harkness, who presented the school with a monetary gift in 1930.

  6. Special education - Wikipedia

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    On the other hand, for students with less obvious disabilities, such as those who have borderline intellectual disability or specific learning difficulties (dyslexia, dyscalculia, etc.), two primary methods have been used for identifying them: the discrepancy model and the response to intervention model. [11]

  7. Universal Design for Learning - Wikipedia

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    UDL applies this general idea to learning: that curriculum should, from the outset, be designed to accommodate all kinds of learners. [1] Educators have to be deliberate in the teaching and learning process in the classroom (e.g.,Preparing class learning profiles for each student). This will enable grouping by interest.

  8. Dad says daughter was called 'this': Angry parents protest ...

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    The students attend Dr. James Craik Elementary School and belong to the district's ACHIEVE program, for students with "significant cognitive disabilities" and SOAR program, for students with autism.

  9. Instructional scaffolding - Wikipedia

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    Instructional scaffolding is the support given to a student by an instructor throughout the learning process. This support is specifically tailored to each student; this instructional approach allows students to experience student-centered learning, which tends to facilitate more efficient learning than teacher-centered learning.