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Ideas on how every kind of mind learns
Practical, research-informed thinking for parents and educators on how students learn, and how to design learning that works for every kind of mind.
Universal Design for Learning: designing for every learner from the start
Most lessons are built for an imagined average student. Universal Design for Learning plans for the full range instead. Its three principles, what they look like in practice, and how we apply them.
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It's not a student problem. It's a design problem.
When capable students struggle, the instinct is to look at the student. We argue for looking first at how the learning was designed, and set out what designing for variation involves.
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The Secondary 1 transition: why capable students struggle, and what helps
The move to Secondary 1 compresses several major changes into a few weeks. Why this strains even capable students, how to tell overload from ability, and what helps.
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Better use of screens, not more screen time
Debate about children's screen time tends to focus on hours. We argue the more useful question is what the screen asks of a child, and set out what purposeful screen learning looks like.
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