TEACHER+DESIGN

=Teacher Design!=

**Environment**:
Seating - bean bags, soft chairs, Yoga balls, Mobility, Lighting, Heating/Air Conditioning, Sound, Smell, Displays, Organized, Visual Appearance, Rules/Routines posted, Posters, water, food, snacks...

**Content:**
Text to Speech Taped materials, audio books, Kuzweil Firefly Varied Texts, Varied Supplemental Texts, Varied Computer Programs, Varied Support Mechnisms, Manipulatives, Posters, Maps, Illustrations, Video clips, Vocabulary Bank, Models, Examples of Student Work, Study Guides, Mnemonics, Songs, Artifacts, Art...

**Process:**
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 * Process **

// Process is the presentation of content, including the learning activities for students, the questions that are asked, as well as the teaching methods and thinking skills that are used. //
 * // **Higher Levels of thinking**- Emphasizing questions that enable the learners to analyze synthesize, or evaluate. //
 * // **Open-endedness**- Asking questions that promote critical and creative thinking. //
 * // **Inquiry and discovery**- Providing opportunities for the learner to arrive at self-drawn conclusions or generalizations. //
 * // **Active exploration**- Providing opportunities for movement and learner-driven exploration. //
 * // **Inductive and Deductive reasoning**- Asking the learner to cite the sources, clues given, and logic used in drawing conclusions. //
 * // **Freedom of choice**- Providing opportunities for self-directed activities such as independent study. //
 * // **Group interactions/simulations**- Using structured simulations for group problem solving. //
 * // **Variety**- Encouraging a variety of teaching strategies. //
 * // **Pacing**- The rapidity with which content is presented; the extension of time and deadlines so that further integration of ideas may take place; and/or flexibility in time allowance. //

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