Types of Learners
Students who are learning academic content while also learning English.
What are English Language Learners (ELLs)?
A learning disability that affects reading and understanding written text.
What is dyslexia?
This tier includes every student in the regular classroom.
What is Tier 1?
A civil rights law that requires schools to provide accommodations for students with disabilities.
What is the Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
Supports that remove barriers but do NOT change what the student learns.
What are accommodations?
Students who require different supports, services, or challenges to succeed.
What are exceptional learners?
A learning disability that affects math skills and number understanding.
What is dyscalculia?
If a student shows improvement after Tier 2 support, schools may move them to this level.
What is Tier 1?
Providing students with what they need to succeed, even if supports differ.
even if supports differ.What is equity?
Example: Writing a few sentences instead of a full essay.
What is a modification?
Students who have average or above intelligence but struggle in a specific academic area.
What is a learning disability?
A disability in which students learn at a slower rate due to below-average intellectual functioning.
What is intellectual disability?
The name of the preventative system schools use to identify struggling students early.
What is the Multi-Tiered System of Supports?
The law that guarantees specialized instruction and services for students with disabilities.
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?
Changes that lower or alter learning expectations.
What are modifications?
Daniel is excellent at drawing, music, and theater. His teachers notice he learns artistic skills very quickly but performs at an average level in most academic subjects.
What is a talented learner?
A student reads slowly, frequently mispronounces words, and struggles to decode unfamiliar words. However, when someone reads the text aloud, the student understands the material well.
What is dyslexia?
A student is receiving small group reading instruction three times per week along with targeted skill practice.
What is Tier 2 support?
In a classroom, all students receive the same textbook and assignments even though some students struggle to read the material.
What is equality?
A student is allowed to record class lectures so they can review the information later, but they are still responsible for completing the same assignments as the rest of the class.
What is an accommodation?
Sophia consistently finishes assignments quickly and asks questions that go deeper than the lesson. When work is too easy, she becomes bored and disengaged.
What is a gifted learner?
Jordan performs well in most subjects but consistently struggles with math. He confuses numbers, has difficulty remembering math facts, and struggles to understand place value even after extra practice.
What is dyscalculia?
A student has been receiving intensive one-on-one academic support for several weeks but continues to show little progress. The school team begins discussing formal evaluations for specialized instruction.
What is a referral for special education?
In another classroom, some students receive audio textbooks, extended time, or larger print materials so they can access the same content as their peers.
What is equity?
A student is assigned a lower reading level text and only required to answer five questions instead of the full assignment expected of the class.
What is a modification?