Learner Variability

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Video: Dr. Todd Rose, “The Myth of Average” (18:26)

Learner Variability

Extend Your Learning:
Deeper Dive: Learner Variability - This extension of the 5 minute webinar about Learner Variability provides an enhanced description of the neuroscience behind this important concept. Helpful for parents, families, and school staff who want to learn more about the brain and how its function affects human learning. (11:25)

Learner Variability

Watch: Video of Dr. David Rose and Dr. Todd Rose discussing designing lessons with Learner Variability in mind (10:12).
Read: Labels or Limitations? Using asset-based language is a powerful tool. (Resource from PSESD 121)
Read: 6 page resource from Digital Promise titled, “Learner Variability is the Rule, Not the Exception.”
Watch: Experience Learner Variability through the eyes of a student in this video (11:29), Failure to Communicate: a 360 degree Experience about Learner Variability. Being able to understand the student point of view is an important communication strategy which raises family engagement.
Watch: This video from CAST (founders of Universal Design for Learning) explains the fundamentals of Learner Variability (3:01).

Learner Variability Navigator

Click Here to Explore the Learner Variability Navigator Tool

To watch a video tutorial for using this tool, click HERE. Please watch.

Explore this Learner Variability Navigator from Digital Promise that was developed with a grant by the Department of Education. You can search for teaching strategies based on different factors.