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What Is a Slow Learner? How to Help

Slow learners are children who learn at a slower pace, usually with IQ scores between 70 and 85. They make up a surprisingly large group, yet are often overlooked in schools and research. This article explains who slow learners are, their key characteristics, and the challenges they face in education and daily life.

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Dyslexia Specialist: Sue du Plessis

Sue conceptualized the Edublox teaching and learning methods that have helped thousands of children struggling academically to read, learn, and achieve.

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Visual-Spatial Disorder: Signs and Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment

Visual-spatial disorder—also known as visual-spatial processing disorder—affects how the brain interprets where things are in space. This article explores the signs, causes, diagnosis, and treatment of this often misunderstood condition.

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Embracing Mathematics: 50 Reasons Why Math Matters

Why do we learn math? It turns out math isn't just for the classroom – it’s part of everyday life. In fact, we use math more often than we might realize, from simple daily chores to cutting-edge innovations.

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What Is an Individualized Education Program (IEP), and How Does It Work?

The Individualized Education Program (IEP) is a formalized plan required by U.S. law to ensure that children with disabilities, including learning disabilities, receive specialized educational support in public schools.

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Dyscalculia Specialist: Sue du Plessis

Sue conceptualized the Edublox teaching and learning methods that have helped thousands of children struggling academically to read, learn, and achieve.

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The Reading Wars Explained: Why How We Teach Reading Still Sparks Fire

The Reading Wars refer to the clash between two main approaches to reading instruction: Phonics-based Instruction and the Whole Language Approach.

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Why Students Struggle with Algebra

Mathematics is considered one of the most challenging subjects students encounter in their schooling careers. When students are first exposed to algebra, it can be overwhelming.

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50 Reasons Why Teaching Phonics Is Important

Teaching phonics gives children the keys to decode, understand, and love language. Whether you’re a teacher, tutor, or parent, here are 50 compelling reasons why phonics instruction still matters — big time.

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50 Reasons Why a Good Education Is Important

Education isn’t just about passing exams or sitting in classrooms. It’s about opening minds, unlocking potential, and preparing people to live meaningful, capable, and empowered lives.

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Do Students with Disabilities Require Unending Patience?

Heward discusses ten notions that he believes limit the effectiveness of special education. One of these notions is that patience is required to be a good teacher of children with disabilities and that one should not expect too much from students with disabilities.

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Instruction vs. Remediation vs. Intervention

Instruction is what happens in the school in a classroom. Remediation and intervention are not instruction. Only when the instruction has failed do remediation and intervention take over.

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