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Guided Repeated Reading: An Approach to Improve Reading Fluency for Pupils with Reading Difficulties Louise Barr Irish Learning Support Association Spring Conference March 29 th 2019

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Guided Repeated Reading: An Approach to Improve Reading Fluency for Pupils with Reading Difficulties Louise Barr

Irish Learning Support Association Spring Conference March 29th 2019

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Overview of Session

• Rationale for a co-taught repeated reading intervention

• Masters in Special Educational Needs (DCU) research study:

Definition of reading fluency

Two repeated reading routines

Assessing reading fluency

Lesson framework

Key findings

• Enriching the teacher and student experience

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Rationale: Primary Language Curriculum Learning Outcome 10: Fluency and Self-Correction

3 (NCCA, 2015)

L.O. 10: Fluency and

Self-Correction

“The need to elaborate on other aspects of literacy not fully described in the Primary School English Curriculum (e.g. dialogic storybook reading, the alphabetic principle, reading fluency, the writing workshop, guided reading)” (Kennedy et al., 2012, p. 33).

Progression Steps

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Rationale: Inclusive Practice

• Current policy in Irish education endorses a collaborative teaching approach to meet the needs of pupils with SEN (DES, 2017).

• Research relating to inclusive classroom practices is limited (Florian & Spratt, 2013). In research studies, the area of interest is generally related to researching specialist teaching skills for pupils with SEN (Florian & Black-Hawkins, 2011).

• Collaboration of teachers to address the issue of marginalising pupils who have SEN, is a key principle of inclusive education (Florian & Spratt, 2013; NCSE, 2011).

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Research Questions

1. To what extent does a guided repeated oral reading intervention impact on reading fluency outcomes for pupils with reading difficulties?

2. To what extent does a co-taught guided repeated oral reading intervention enhance the inclusion of pupils with reading difficulties?

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What is Reading Fluency?

Accuracy

• Ability to identify most words correctly

Automaticity

• Recognises words quickly and effortlessly, saving mental energy for comprehension

Prosody

• Ability to read expressively, using phrasing and voice tone to support understanding and convey meaning

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The Fluency Bridge (Pikulski & Chard, 2005)

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Comprehension of text enables expressive reading (prosody), indicating that students understand what they are reading

Achieving fluent word recognition (automaticity) allows pupils to focus on comprehending the text

“If automaticity is the fluency link to word recognition, prosody completes the bridge by

linking fluency to comprehension” (Rasinski, 2012, p. 519).

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A Definition of Reading Fluency

“Fluency combines accuracy, automaticity, and oral reading

prosody…facilitate the reader's construction of

meaning…demonstrated during oral reading through ease of word

recognition, appropriate pacing, phrasing, and intonation…a factor

in both oral and silent reading…can limit or support comprehension” (Kuhn et al., 2010, p. 240)

In the Irish context, Guerin and Murphy (2015) promote a “complex definition of fluency” (p. 552) as integral to success in reading.

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The Fluency Development Lesson (FDL) (Rasinski, Linek, Sturtevant, & Padak, 1994)

1. Modelling: Students listen as

teacher reads aloud

2. Choral Reading: Students read the

text chorally

3. Paired Reading: Paired repeated

reading

4. Performance of text for an audience

5. Vocabulary Development:

Word study

9 (Doherty, 2017, p. 75)

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The Fluency Development Lesson (FDL) (Rasinski, Linek, Sturtevant, & Padak, 1994)

Struggling readers do not have the opportunity to hear themselves read fluently. The goal of the FDL is that students will read a text of 50-250 words fluently by the end of the lesson.

Modelling of text by the teacher demonstrates to pupils what quality reading sounds like.

Performance of the text gives students an authentic reason to repeatedly read a text in preparation for performance.

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Repeated Reading

Based on the theory of automaticity (LaBerge & Samuels, 1974).

Pupils read text several times until a specified level of fluency is achieved as measured by words correct per minute (Samuels, 1979).

Improvements in reading accuracy and reading rate transfers to new, previously unseen passages (Samuels, 1979).

Approved by the National Reading Panel (2000) as a suitable methodology to improve reading fluency.

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Evidence-based Fluency Instruction Routine (EFIR) (Reutzel, 2012)

• Partner reading

• Self-assessment

• Performance of text for the class

• Choral reading

• Discussion of text

• Fix-up strategies

• Metafluency

• Modelling text

• Metafluency

• Teacher assessment rubric

Modelling Sharing

Guiding Independent

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Gradual Release of Responsibility Model (Pearson & Gallagher, 1983)

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Metafluency (Reutzel, 2012)

Metafluency: Learning the language of fluency e.g., accuracy, rate, expression, intonation, phrasing.

It is necessary to have the language of fluency to become a self-regulating fluent reader: a reader who can monitor and repair their reading.

Pupils can’t discuss their fluency if they don’t have the vocabulary to discuss it. This allows for awareness of and reflection on their fluency. This is called deep fluency (Topping, 2006).

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In my experience, fluent reading is the teacher’s goal for the

student but it is not the student’s goal.

“Students need to know that fluency is an

important goal of reading instruction” (Reutzel, 2012, p. 122).

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Why have a focus on self-assessment and peer assessment?

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Self-Assessment and Peer Assessment

Self-assessment to develop self-regulating strategic readers (Reutzel, 2012; Wiliam, 2011).

Is reading word by word a consequence of not being a self-regulating reader? (Allington, 2006).

Puts the pupil at the centre of the learning situation and allows for individualisation of learning (Bourke & Mentis, 2014).

Pupils identify their progress in relation to their reading fluency goals and work towards achieving them. Imbues them with confidence to assess their own learning and become self-regulating learners (Wiliam, 2011).

Tangible depiction of learning for pupils for whom progress is not always overt (NCCA, 2007).

Feedback from adults and peers shapes their thinking (Bourke & Mentis, 2007).

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Research Study

• Action research (McNiff, 2010), mixed methods approach • Mid-January 2018 to mid-March 2018

• Large urban mainstream primary school

• 3rd class: 26 pupils participated in the study aged between 8 years 8 months and 9 years 8 months

• 8 weeks: 1 week for pre-assessment, 20 lessons over 6 weeks, 1 week for post-assessment • Class teacher and researcher (special education teacher) • 5 target pupils • Two lesson routines: Lesson A and Lesson B, based on the FDL (Rasinski et al., 1994), incorporating aspects of the EFIR (Reutzel, 2012).

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Assessing Reading Fluency

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• Rate

• Accuracy

• Prosody

• Comprehension

Comprehensive Approach to Assessment

(Guerin & Murphy, 2015)

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Pre- and Post-Assessments

Silent Reading Comprehension

• New Group Reading Test (GL Assessment, 2010)

Self-concept as readers

• Questionnaires

Oral Reading

• Neale Analysis of Reading Ability (Neale, 1997)

Prosody

• Multidimensional Fluency Scale (Zutell & Rasinski, 1991)

Rate

• Words Correct Per Minute (Hasbrouck & Tindal, 2006)

Opinion on intervention

• Post intervention interview with target pupils

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Whole Class Target Pupils

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Multidimensional Fluency Scale (MDFS)

(Zutell & Rasinski, 1991)

• Easy to score

• Provides valuable diagnostic information

• Enables teacher to devise targets for pupils

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Target Pupils: Strengths and Needs

Target Pupils*

Reading Fluency Strengths Priority Fluency Needs

James • Comprehension • Slow his reading rate to attend to accuracy • Prosody

Eva • Attempting to use graphophonic

information to decode • Word recognition and decoding skills • Prosody

Lisa • Surface fluency skills • Comprehension • Prosody

Luke • Reading volume • Pauses at full stops

• Decoding / Word recognition (many refusals evident) • Confidence • Prosody

Robert • Word recognition • Comprehension • Prosody

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*pseudonyms

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Creating Lesson Objectives: What does fluent reading sound like?

Recognises words in the

text automatically

Reads smoothly, grouping

words into phrases

Intonation demonstrates understanding

of text

Expression reflects

meaning of the text

Adjusts reading rate

depending on text difficulty

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Assessment for Learning: Sharing Learning Intentions with Pupils

• Pause for 3 seconds at a full stop

• Pause for 1 second at a comma

Smooth Reading /

Rate

Sound like the character when there are speech marks

Expression

Read loudly and softly, as the text requires

Intonation

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Read several words together without pausing

Smooth Reading/ Phrasing

Emphasise the most important words in each sentence

Expression / Comprehension

• Read with emphasis when there is an exclamation mark

• Change your voice when there is a question mark

Intonation

(Barr, 2018)

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Reading Fluency Lessons

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Lesson A Assessment for Learning: Sharing Learning Intentions

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Definition of Reading Fluency for Pupils

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(Doherty, 2017) (Reutzel, 2012)

Fluency Fix-up Strategy Posters

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Lesson Objective: To sound like the character when there are speech marks

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Texts

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• Texts were 50-250 words (Rasinski et al., 1994) and included poetry, fiction, and non-fiction texts.

• Two texts for every

Lesson A. Same texts read in Lesson B.

• Levels of texts catered

for the range of reading levels amongst the five target pupils.

• Teacher did not

predetermine the text each target pupil read, pupils had choice (Florian & Black-Hawkins, 2011).

• The texts were the

context in which the lesson objectives were implemented.

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• Teacher models reading both texts

• Think aloud: Fluency

fix-up strategies, refer to posters

• Teacher models self-

assessment • Class discussion: Did

teacher achieve the lesson objectives?

Modelling

(Table modified from Doherty, 2017)

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• Whole class read the texts chorally

• Class rate their reading in relation to the lesson objectives

Sharing: Choral Reading

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Whole Class Choral Reading Strategies

Cumulative Reading

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Guiding: Paired Repeated

Reading

• Target pupil chooses the text

• Partner reads first to model text again for target pupil

• Location of target pupil on poster changed for every lesson

(Barr, 2018)

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Before reading with a partner, pupils identified their current level of performance in relation to lesson objectives

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Pupil Self-Assessment Recording Sheet

(Barr, 2018)

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Routine to Guide Paired Reading: PPPP

Praise Congratulate them for reading a tricky word correctly.

Prompt If your partner is still stuck, give them a hint!

Pause If your partner can’t read tricky word, pause for 4 seconds to give them time to use a reading accuracy strategy.

Preview “How will we read this text? Which words will we emphasise? Where can we use expression?”

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Peer and Self-Assessment Recording Sheet: Partner Repeated Reading

(Table modified from Doherty, 2017)

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Pupil Self-Assessment Recording Sheet: Reflecting on Learning and Goal Setting

(https://teachingessentials.wordpress.com/ ; www.twinkl.co.uk )

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Pupils self-assessed using this MDFS in the final lessons:

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Justification for an explicit approach to word study in a reading fluency intervention, is based on the research which posits the importance of vocabulary development for struggling readers (Pikulski, 2006; Rasinski, 2017).

Including material from across the curriculum is important so pupils can develop content specific vocabulary (Zutell et al., 2012).

Pupils who haven’t previously experienced fluency difficulties can start to experience them from 3rd grade onwards if vocabulary hasn’t developed (Pikulski, 2006).

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Vocabulary Development

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Lesson B Choral reading; performance of texts; discussing goals;

word study; comprehension

Station 1

Choral reading with teacher (Text 1)

Word Wise Whizz

Station 2

Word Study Activities

Station 3

Choral reading with teacher (Text 2)

Word Wise Whizz

Station 4

Comprehension Activities

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The independent phase of the gradual release of responsibility model (Pearson & Gallagher, 1983)

Mixed ability groups (Hart & Drummond, 2014)

12 minute stations Another opportunity to read text repeatedly

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(McLachlan & Elks, 2012) (McLachlan & Elks, 2012) (First Steps, 2013)

Samples of task cards at the independent stations Vocabulary work at the teacher stations

What is the definition of the word?

Can someone extend that sentence?

Can you think of a rhyming

word?

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Key Findings

• Improvements accrued by repeatedly reading texts did transfer to the first reading of a new text (GL Assessment, 2010; Neale, 1997). This was evidenced by the improvements in some, not all, variables of reading fluency for each target pupil.

• Gains may have been attributed to increased resilience and confidence as readers, attained by immediate feedback, metacognitive growth, and increased familiarity with text and text structure.

• Evidence of the progression of accuracy, comprehension, and prosody, resulting from authentic literary experiences (Rasinski, 2017) rather than focusing on primarily developing these skills in an isolated manner (Rasinski & Padak, 1998).

• Co-teaching made possible the inclusion of pupils with reading difficulties on a social level and an academic level in the classroom (Norwich, 2017). Two teachers allowed for closer observation of pupils. Greater time could be devoted by each teacher to interacting with the target pupils and monitoring their fluency development in relation to their fluency needs.

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Pre- and Post-Repeated Reading Running Records

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Quantitative Findings: Luke

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Pre Standard Score (NGRT 2A)

Post Standard Score (NGRT 2B)

88 94

Silent Reading Comprehension

Pre-Assessment Accuracy Reading Age

Post-Assessment Accuracy Reading Age

9:08 9:09

Reading Accuracy

Pre-Assessment Comprehension Reading Age

Post-Assessment Comprehension Reading Age

9:04 10:01

Oral Reading Comprehension

Prosody

Pre-Assessment MDFS

Post-Assessment MDFS

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Quantitative Findings: Luke

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Pre-Assessment Accuracy Reading Age

Post-Assessment Accuracy Reading Age

9:08 9:09

15 errors across texts 1-4 10 errors across texts 1-4

Reading Accuracy

It is argued by Martens (1997), that repeated reading does not improve word recognition skills, rather “proficient readers are experienced readers” (Martens, 1997, p. 608). Experienced readers use the same cueing systems as poor readers. However, they navigate the syntactic, graphophonic, and semantic cue systems more efficiently resulting from their engagement with, and familiarity of, different text genres (Martens, 1997).

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Quantitative Findings: Eva

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Pre Standard Score (NGRT 2A)

Post Standard Score (NGRT 2B)

83 83

Silent Reading Comprehension

Pre-Assessment Accuracy Reading Age

Post-Assessment Accuracy Reading Age

6:10 7:01

Reading Accuracy

Pre-Assessment Comprehension Reading Age

Post-Assessment Comprehension Reading Age

8:01 6:08

Oral Reading Comprehension

Prosody

Pre-Assessment MDFS

Post-Assessment MDFS

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Quantitative Findings: Eva

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Pre-Assessment Reading Rate Age

(NARA, 1997)

Post-Assessment Reading Rate Age

(NARA, 1997)

7:05 8:02

Oral Reading Rate

Pre-Assessment Comprehension Reading Age

Post-Assessment Comprehension Reading Age

8:01 6:08

Oral Reading Comprehension

When assessment of the variables accuracy, rate, and comprehension occurs simultaneously, teachers can identify which specific components of fluency are having an impact on oral reading performance (Rasinski & Padak, 1998).

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Paired Reading

Confidence Immediate feedback

Social Inclusion

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“It gets you confident about reading to other people” (James, Interview)

“There is less pressure reading with a partner than reading with a teacher” (Nontarget pupil, Questionnaire)

“…. because they can help you when you’re stuck on something” (Eva, Interview)

“I enjoyed reading with people you don’t normally read with” (Nontarget Pupil, Questionnaire)

Qualitative Findings Theme: Paired Reading

“When someone reads it, I copy them” (Eva, Interview)

“It was helpful because you hear the story twice before you read…” (Lisa, Questionnaire)

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Assessment Recording Progress

Goal Setting

Influence of dialogue with

teachers

Metafluency & Fix-up

strategies

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“I…would think about it when I couldn’t read that good, I think that I said…a little bit, sometimes…now I’m putting always” (Eva, Interview)

“…when you don’t really know you can kind of read slowly because you don’t know the words…when you know it, it’s easier because…you know the hard words…” (James, Interview)

“…by my expression and emphasise [sic] my voice” (Luke, Questionnaire)

Theme: Assessment

“I’d read like I was talking to a friend” (Lisa, Interview)

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Explicit Teaching

Automaticity of surface

fluency skills

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“You could write down tricky words and learn from them” (Luke, Interview) “I didn’t really know

how big it [barracuda] was…thought it was a small little tiny one but it’s a ginormous one” (Eva, Interview)

Developing vocabulary for

English language learners is

necessary for them to move to

advanced levels of reading fluency

(Lems, 2012)

“Asking pupils to define a word or to give an exact meaning was a real challenge for some” (Class Teacher, Interview)

Theme: Explicit Teaching

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What would you do if you met a new word in your reading that you did not know? (Question on Post-intervention Questionnaire)

I’d ask for the definition (Luke, Questionnaire)

Explicit Teaching

Automaticity of surface

fluency skills Word Study

Evidence of advanced word identification skills: using word

meaning as a decoding strategy.

Strategic approach: Does it make sense in

the text? (Pikulski, 2006)

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Co-teaching

Combination of approaches

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(Ploessl et al., 2010)

“If you only have one teacher, you

won’t learn as much”

(Luke, Interview)

Theme: Co-Teaching

“I liked that we had defined roles…we both had

responsibility for the teaching duties….I was really

able to support the pupils who needed help….teaching was targeted to meet their

needs” (Class Teacher, Interview)

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The Importance of Increasing the Time Pupils Spend Reading

• In a 30 minute reading lesson in a class of 30 pupils each child reads for 1 minute. This equals 3 hours of practice per child across the school year.

• If pupils are reading in pairs, each child reads for 15 minutes per day. This equals 45 hours of practice across the school year (Shanahan, 2012).

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Round Robin Reading Each pupil takes a turn to read while others in the group follow the text silently, waiting for their turn to read (Rasinski & Hoffman, 2003). The reading practice is too brief. Take for example the following:

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Enriching the Teacher and Student Experience

Enriching the Student Experience

Mixed Ability Groups

Paired Reading

Social Constructivist

Approach Self-assessment

and goal setting

Breaking the habit of word

by word reading

(Allington, 2006)

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Enriching the Teacher

Experience

Co-teaching

Professional Development

Evidence-based

teaching strategies

Formative Assessment

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Questions

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Thank you

Email: [email protected]

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