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Making Lexia® Work: A Backward Design Approach To Helping Teachers Utilize Technology, Matthew Mcgreevy
Making Lexia® Work: A Backward Design Approach To Helping Teachers Utilize Technology, Matthew Mcgreevy
M.S.Ed. in Educational Leadership Research Projects
This action research investigation applied data driven teaching practices to the task of improving the delivery of Lexia® reading software, a computer aided instruction (CAI) program, in middle and secondary special education classes. Special educators need the opportunity to utilize technology with the potential to make their practices more efficient and effective. This investigation used qualitative and quantitative data to give teachers the technological ability to allow their students efficient use of Lexia® software and improved teacher understanding of how computer aided instruction (CAI) fits with their academic and classroom management goals.