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Types of adaptation and process
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[12/4, 9:00 AM] Vinay SE: Topic: Types of adaptation and process
There are so many different ways to adapt and modify a lesson or activity to make it appropriate for your students.
As teachers, we often fall into a rut where we find our favorite adaptations and stick with them. It is fine to have favorites, but it is also important to look at the big picture and explore different adaptations when the go-to ones are not really working.
1 – Size of Assignments
Adapt the number of items that the student is expected to learn or complete. This ensures that they have the same grade-level material – just less of it.
2 – Time
Adapt the amount of time a student has to complete an assignment or assessment. Extended time can be time and a half, double-time, or tailored to meet your student’s individual needs. If time is adjusted, encourage the learner to use all of the time that he has been given.
3 – Support
Sometimes students just need a little bit more support. Adapt a lesson or activity by increasing the amount of personal support the student receives to complete the assignment.
4 – Input
Students all learn differently and adapting the way information is delivered to a student can greatly improve their understanding and retention of the material.
5 – Difficulty
By adapting the skill level, problem type, or the rules on how the learner may approach the work, you make the activity more accessible.
6 – Output
Adapt how the student can demonstrate or present the information that he has learned. For instance, a student with dysgraphia may do better demonstrating his understanding of a subject when doing an oral presentation versus writing a paper.
7 – Participation
Adapt the extent to which a learner is actively involved in the task or activity. Some students may need less participation to be successful while others may need more.
8. Alternate
Using the same materials, adapt the goals or outcome expectations to meet the student’s needs and ability level.
9 – Curriculum
Adapting the curriculum means providing entirely different instruction and materials to meet a student’s individual goals.
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