Learn more about factors and research-based strategies that support them Select any factor to visit its summary page. Move your cursor over a factor to see connected factors. They are organized into four categories: Learner Background, Social and Emotional Learning, Cognition, and Content Area. To start, select a content area – we call them Learner Models – to visit a factor map.įactor maps show research-based concepts, 'factors,' that likely impact learning.

You can access many of the features of the Navigator here, and learn more about how learner variability intersects with topics in education and learning. Importantly, allowing students to readily generate ideas from speech can help ease the anxiety and frustration that learners who experience difficulties with the physical aspect of writing may encounter, supporting engagement and Motivation. Watching the words appear on a screen during dictation can also improve students' core reading and writing skills, including Vocabulary development. This type of support can be especially beneficial for those learners with dysgraphia or dyspraxia who may have difficulties with handwriting or spelling, as removing the act of physically writing or typing allows learners to express ideas freely without the constraints of conventional writing, and frees up Working Memory to support content generation. Dictation, also referred to as speech-to-text, an assistive communication technology that translates voice dictation to digital text, provides students with transcription difficulties the opportunity to participate in the writing process by allowing them to use their voice to generate and record ideas.

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