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Posted by Andrew Hofmeister on Oct 28th 2023

Choosing a Reading Curriculum

Choosing a reading curriculum? Is your head spinning yet? There are literally hundreds of options; preschool reading curriculum, reading curriculum for struggling readers of any age, special educati …

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Posted by Dr. Alan M. Hofmeister on Jul 17th 2021

Time Management in the Classroom

Classroom behavior management or time management? Yes. The research on effectively addressing student misbehavior set the first priorities on the removal of instructional vacuums and the replacem …

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Posted by Dr. Alan M. Hofmeister on Jun 16th 2020

Boarding the Academic Train

What are prerequisite skills? The research on instructional interventions such as programs for students with Autism stresses the importance of early, intensive, instructional intervention. Some highl …

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Posted by Dr. Alan M. Hofmeister on Jan 10th 2008

Prerequisite Skills: An Educational Vision

The school or the community? In the 1960s educators went through a depressing time as social scientists suggested that even in very effective schools, local community variables, such as poverty, were …

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Posted by Dr. Alan M. Hofmeister on Nov 2nd 2007

What Is an Instructional Intervention?

A pediatrician posed the question: In medicine we have specific medical treatments for specific medical problems; educator’s interventions or treatments seem to vary, even when the student and the pro …

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Posted by Dr. Alan M. Hofmeister on Oct 30th 2007

Autism: An Instructional Challenge

As parents and teachers struggle to address the needs of a growing population of students with Autism, a number of guiding principles are emerging, mostly from recent medical research findings. The fo …

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