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Assessing Source Evaluation Skills of Middle School Students Using Learning Progressions
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Sparks, Jesse R.; van Rijn, Peter W.; Deane, Paul – Educational Assessment, 2021
Effectively evaluating the credibility and accuracy of multiple sources is critical for college readiness. We developed 24 source evaluation tasks spanning four predicted difficulty levels of a hypothesized learning progression (LP) and piloted these tasks to evaluate the utility of an LP-based approach to designing formative literacy assessments.…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Information Sources, Grade 6, Grade 7
Using the Virtual-Representational Instructional Sequence to Support the Acquisition and Maintenance of Mathematics for Students with Intellectual Disability
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Bouck, Emily C.; Park, Jiyoon; Shurr, Jordan – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2021
Mathematics instruction -- and interventions to support mathematics teaching -- for students with intellectual disability is important yet underexamined. This study explored a graduated instructional sequence referred to as the virtual-representational (VR) as a mathematical intervention. Researchers taught four students with disabilities what…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Teaching Methods