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Content Modification Instructional Accommodation
EXPLANATION
Indicates that what is being taught, the content, is modified.
The student is expected to learn something different than the general education standard (e.g., TEKS).
The instructional level or general education benchmarks or number of key concepts to be mastered are changed.
Indicates changes to how the content is:
1) taught,
2) made accessible, and/or
3) assessed.
Accommodations do not change what the student is expected to master. The objectives of the course remain intact.
EXAMPLES
• A locally developed course to substitute for a general education course (e.g., Life Skills courses, Functional Mathematics
• Selected TEKS instead of all of the TEKS for the grade level course
• Off-level instruction and performance expectations in a general education setting
- One-on-one instruction, small group instruction, multisensory approaches, extended time on projects, study guides, highlighted texts, programmed materials, preferential seating, immediate feedback, etc.
- Braille, books on tape, screen readers, interpreter, word processor, etc.
- Oral testing, untimed testing, extended time to complete assignments, shortened tests, draw a diagram, develop a model, perform the answer, etc.
MODIFICATION = What
ACCOMMODATION = How
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