Adapt DLG materials and routines to include students with special educational needs¶

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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 1 study (1 review), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study

Description¶

In the first DLG implementation in a public special school, teachers developed concrete adaptations to make dialogic reading possible: they "chose adapted versions of universal literature books that incorporated a wealth of vocabulary and best met their students' needs", adapted books using pictograms, laminated pages, tied books to tables, pre-prepared each student's intervention, used direct questions to motivate participation, placed role-model peers near students with behavioural problems, and explicitly taught the principles of dialogic learning as rules with accessible visual material. These strategies made DLGs feasible for students aged 6–21 with moderate or severe intellectual disabilities.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• adapted versions of universal literature matched to students' needs
• teacher preparation of each student's intervention before the session
• explicit teaching of dialogic learning principles as rules with visual supports such as pictograms

Constraints¶

• developed in a segregated special education setting; strategies were identified through interviews with the principal and teachers in one school

Target Learners¶

• students with special educational needs in primary, secondary, and transition-to-adult-life courses

Target Learning Goals¶

• participation in dialogic reading of universal literature
• fluency in presenting interventions

Affordances¶

• Dialogic Learning Seven Principles Dlg

Claims¶

• DLG implementation is associated with improved language and reading skills and more positive attitudes towards learning and reading [+W]
• DLG participation is associated with increased self-esteem across primary, special, and adult education [+W]
• DLGs create egalitarian spaces for dialogue and exchange in which pupils contribute most of the talk [+W]

Related Strategies¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Lb0