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Title: Growing TTULPs Through Your Lessons
All students have strengths, which can be leveraged through universally designed instruction. We share a lesson planning tool, called the Thinking Through Universal Lesson Protocol (TTULP), that teachers used to create and enact mathematics lessons that support students with and without learning disabilities.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1720646
PAR ID:
10252694
Author(s) / Creator(s):
; ;
Editor(s):
Barlow, A.
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Mathematics teaching and learning
Volume:
114
Issue:
7
ISSN:
2589-6016
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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