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Let's Move Past the Myth of the Average Learner | MiddleWeb

Let's Move Past the Myth of the Average Learner | MiddleWeb | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

"When’s the last time the deficit model of viewing student performance really irked you? Just thinking about it can be quite enraging.  Here’s why:

Students end up being placed along a bell curve  (hope this doesn’t induce a headache) to decipher how on target they are—how close to the “average” learner. And this is deciphered basically by looking at their test scores…then placing them along this line of doom."

Beth Dichter's insight:

The myth of average may be a new concept to you but if you listen to the short video clip by Todd Rose you will get an idea of what this issue is, and there is a link to a TEDx talk in the post (a longer presentation on 'Project Variability and the dangers of “averaging” learners.'

Additional resources are also available in this post including a new Universal Design for Learning book that may be found online. For more information click through to the post.

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SpeEdChange: The Freedom Stick - be ready for Universal Design next academic year

SpeEdChange: The Freedom Stick - be ready for Universal Design next academic year | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

Are you looking for a tool that you can put in the hands of your studnents tha twill provide them with tools to help them learn? If so, check out The Freedom Stick. 

A free downloadable package of software that comes to you from Michigan's Integrated Technology Support. For information and links to many other resources check out this post!

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