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A Model for Making Decisions about Text Adaptations.

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Dyck, Norma; Pemberton, Jane B. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2002

This article examines a process for teachers to use when deciding whether to adapt a text for a student. The following five options for text adaptations are described: bypass reading, decrease reading, support reading, organize reading, and guide reading. Adaptations for student work products and for tests are also addressed. (Contains…

Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods

Helping Slow Readers (ERIC/RCS).

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Smith, Carl B. – Reading Teacher, 1990

Offers five guidelines for teaching slow readers: (1) use age-appropriate content; (2) build background and highlight key concepts; (3) keep assignments short; (4) focus on only a few skills and strategies; and (5) practice the chosen objectives to achieve success. (MG)

Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Reading Ability