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Visual Representations
RtI Math > Intentional Teaching > Learn What Works
Dr. Witzel provides examples of each stage of the concrete-representational-abstract teaching sequence, with special attention to visual representation. He shows several types of representation,...
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Expert Interview
Universal Screening in Math
RtI Math > Screening & Monitoring > Learn What Works
In this interview, Dr. Foegen explains the purpose of universal screening and how it fits into a multi-tiered intervention system. She describes how to set and revise cut scores to identify...
Resource Type
Expert Interview
Functions of Progress Monitoring
RtI Math > Screening & Monitoring > Learn What Works
Dr. Foegen describes how teachers can use progress monitoring to track borderline students’ learning and determine whether interventions are benefiting students in Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions....
Resource Type
Expert Interview
The Phases of RtI Implementation
RtI Math > Implementation > Learn What Works
Dave Tilly shares lessons from the experiences of several decades providing technical assistance to help districts and schools in Iowa implement RtI frameworks. He describes the activities at three...
Resource Type
Expert Interview
Math Content for Struggling Students
RtI Math > Arithmetic Foundations > Learn What Works
Dr. Beckmann describes the mathematics objectives that Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions should focus on in the primary, intermediate, and middle grades. She emphasizes building students’ math...
Resource Type
Expert Interview
Word Problems
RtI Math > Arithmetic Foundations > Learn What Works
In this interview, Dr. Beckmann emphasizes the importance of teaching students to recognize the underlying structure of word problems. She provides examples of problem structures and discusses why...
Resource Type
Expert Interview
Explicit Instruction
RtI Math > Intentional Teaching > Learn What Works
Dr. Witzel describes the components of explicit instruction, including modeling and demonstration, guiding and scaffolding practice, providing independent practice, and providing meaningful...
Resource Type
Expert Interview
Evolution of Response to Intervention
RtI Math > Overview & Tools, RtI Reading > Overview & Tools
Dr. Gersten and Dr. Vaughn, who have long worked in research related to Response to Intervention (RtI), share their ideas about why RtI has spread rapidly as a solution to helping struggling...
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Expert Interview
State Support for Locally Based Out-of-School Programs
Increased Learning Time > States and Districts
John Malloy, Administrator of the After School Programs Office, describes current efforts to provide training and technical assistance through regional systems, and the development of models that...
Resource Type
Expert Interview
Facilitating Implementation of 21st Century Community Learning Centers
Increased Learning Time > States and Districts
Susan D'Annunzio, Student Services Supervisor at the Pennsylvania Department of Education, describes how the state uses monitoring and statewide evaluation data to design professional development...
Resource Type
Expert Interview
Structuring Extra Learning Opportunities for Students
Increased Learning Time > Overview & Tools
Dr. Megan Beckett, chair of the IES panel that authored the Practice Guide on Structuring Out-of-School Time to Improve Academic Achievement, describes the need for increased learning time programs...
Resource Type
Expert Interview
Making Each Dollar Go Further
Increased Learning Time > Overview & Tools
Listen to two experts provide an overview of models of allocating resources to expanded learning time schools. Districts and schools can support these initiatives through creative integration of...
Resource Type
Expert Interview
