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  2. READ 180 - Wikipedia

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    READ 180 is a reading intervention program created by the Scholastic Corporation (Scholastic). Its focus is to utilize adaptive technology to improve literacy in students in Grades 4–12 who read at least two years below their grade level. In 2011, Scholastic released its newest version, READ 180 Next Generation, aligned to meet the ...

  3. Reading Recovery - Wikipedia

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    Reading. Reading Recovery is a short-term intervention approach designed for English-speaking children aged five or six, who are the lowest achieving in literacy after their first year of school. For instance, a child who is unable to read the simplest of books or write their own name, after a year in school, would be appropriate for a referral ...

  4. Dual-route hypothesis to reading aloud - Wikipedia

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    Reading is an area that has been extensively studied via the computational model system. The dual-route cascaded model (DRC) was developed to understand the dual-route to reading in humans. Some commonalities between human reading and the DRC model are: Frequently occurring words are read aloud faster than non-frequently occurring words.

  5. AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Autism

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    The alphabet-based system device uses spelling and letter codes and requires the user to have a basic literacy level. Semantic compaction Semantic compaction devices combine icons with multiple ...

  6. Hyperlexia is characterized by high-level reading skills, but other communication delays may be present at the same time. Learn about the signs, diagnosis, and treatment of hyperlexia.

  7. Assistive Technology for Children With ADHD - WebMD

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    4 min read. Assistive technology is any device, software program, or tool that could help your child with ADHD become a better student or learner. It might boost their skills and confidence if ...

  8. Intelligent tutoring system - Wikipedia

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    An intelligent tutoring system ( ITS) is a computer system that imitates human tutors and aims to provide immediate and customized instruction or feedback to learners, [1] usually without requiring intervention from a human teacher. [2] ITSs have the common goal of enabling learning in a meaningful and effective manner by using a variety of ...

  9. Learning disability - Wikipedia

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    Reading disorder (ICD-10 and DSM-IV codes: F81.0/315.00) Reading disorder is the most common learning disability. Of all students with specific learning disabilities, 70–80% have deficits in reading. The term "Developmental Dyslexia" is often used as a synonym for reading disability; however, many researchers assert that there are different ...