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Author Csillag, Jules, author.

Title Differentiated reading instruction : strategies and technology tools to help all students improve / Jules Csillag.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.
©2016

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  372.4 C958D    Check Shelf
Description x, 170 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series Eye on Education books
Eye on Education book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: What Is Reading, and How Can I Help? -- What Is Reading? -- From Decoding to Higher Level Thinking, and Everything in Between -- Language Comprehension and Reading Comprehension -- Reading and the Brain -- Teachers' Changing Roles -- How Technology and Reading Are an Ideal Match -- How to Use This Book -- A Note about the Technology in This Book -- Note -- References -- 1. What Do You Mean by "Differentiation"? -- Long Ago and Far Away, the Greeks Warned Us -- Differentiation vs Tracking -- Types of Differentiation -- Differentiation by Interest -- Differentiation by "Learning Style" -- Differentiation by Readiness -- Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Differentiation: Two Sides of the Same Coin -- Differentiation by UDL Categories -- Group Names, Group Members, and Group Selection -- Differentiation and the Law -- Best Practice: The Necessity of Explicit Instruction -- Frameworks for Differentiation -- Reflection -- References -- 2. What Do Your Students Know? Formative Assessments for Differentiation -- Growth Mindset -- How It Works and How Technology Can Help -- Formative Assessment via Forms and Quizzes -- Google Forms and Sheets -- Other Options for Collecting Formative Assessments via Forms and Quizzes (LMS and More) -- Formative Assessment via Audio and Video Recordings -- Create a Screen Recording, Voice Recording, and/or Video Recording -- Formative Assessment via Sorting Activities -- Reflection -- References -- 3. What Does This Say? Differentiating for Decoding and Reading Fluency -- Why Decoding and Fluency Matter -- What to Expect: Typical Decoding and Fluency Development -- With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility -- How Technology Can Help (and How It Can't) -- Text-to-Speech Tools -- Built-in Tools -- Text-to-Speech Tools with Additional Features -- Turning Images into Text: Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Tools -- Podcasts for Some, or Podcasts for All -- eBooks and Audiobooks -- Closed Captioning for Videos -- Providing Audio Instructions and Feedback for Students -- Student-Generated Audio Recordings to Enhance Fluency -- Reflection -- References -- 4. What Does This Mean? Part 1: Differentiating Vocabulary Instruction -- Two Approaches: Direct and Contextual -- Tools for Direct Instruction -- Tools for Contextual Instruction -- Tools That Can Be Used for Either Approach (and How) -- Reflection -- References -- 5. What Does This Mean? Part 2: Differentiating During the Research Process and Reading Nonfiction -- Why Reading Nonfiction Matters -- What Reading Nonfiction Entails -- Digital Literacy -- Videos -- Creating a YouTube Playlist -- Creating Custom Search Engines -- Annotation Tools -- Using DocentEDU -- Annotating Multiple Sources -- Differentiated Complexity -- Summaries -- Reflection -- References -- 6. What Does This Mean? Part 3: Differentiating During -- Fiction Reading -- Why Fiction Matters -- What Reading Fiction Entails -- Visualization Tools -- Explicit Text Structure Instruction and Inferences -- Interactive Units -- Exemplars of Interactive Units -- Make Your Own! -- Summaries -- Reflection -- References -- 7. Can You Tell Me About It? Differentiating Writing (to Help Reading Comprehension) -- Why Writing Matters for Reading -- What Writing (to Read) Entails -- Speech-to-Text -- Built-in Tools -- Other Dictation Software -- Word Prediction -- Scaffolds: Cloze Tasks, Mnemonics, and Questions -- Reflection -- References -- 8. How Much Do You Know? Differentiating Summative Assessments -- Putting It All Together -- Quiz Creation (Review) -- Slideshow Creation Tools (Review and Some New Ideas, Too) -- Rubrics -- Infographic Generators -- Reflection.
Subject Reading (Elementary)
Reading (Secondary)
Reading -- Computer-assisted instruction.
Individualized reading instruction.
Group work in education.
Educational technology.
Response to intervention (Learning disabled children)
Educational technology. (OCoLC)fst00903623
Group work in education. (OCoLC)fst00948532
Individualized reading instruction. (OCoLC)fst00970365
Reading -- Computer-assisted instruction. (OCoLC)fst01090641
Reading (Elementary) (OCoLC)fst01090705
Reading (Secondary) (OCoLC)fst01090758
Response to intervention (Learning disabled children) (OCoLC)fst01762233
ISBN 9781138641211 (hardcover)
1138641219 (hardcover)
9781138641228 (paperback)
1138641227 (paperback)
9781315630649 (electronic book)
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