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Why Is Response To Intervention (RTI) So Important That We Should Incorporate It Into Teacher Education Programs and How Can Online Learning Help?

  • Teaching and Leading
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  • Assistant Professor of Special Education, Department of Teacher Education Georgia Regents University 2500 Walton Way Augusta, Georgia 30904
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Article
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Abstract

The reauthorization of Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) in 2004 permits the use of response to intervention (RTI) to explore whether students make adequate progress and what interventions should be provided to them. The implementation of RTI is mandated in many K-12 schools in the U.S. Thus, knowing what and how online learning can help incorporate RTI into university teacher preparation programs is necessary. This study involves examining the use of the IDEA '04 and Research for Inclusive Settings (IRIS) modules with pre-service teachers. The IRIS modules are a comprehensive online resource developed by the IRIS Center which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. As of 2014, over 470,000 K-12 educators worldwide have used IRIS modules as a professional development tool (IRIS, 2014). While existing literature indicates that most users of the IRIS modules found the modules useful, there is little research on how these modules can be used as an online learning program in higher education to prepare pre-service teachers for RTI. The results of the present study show that IRIS modules are beneficial to pre-service teachers. However teacher educators need to interpret preservice teachers' online learning outcomes with caution due to the existence of user variations.

Publication Information

Output type

Scholary Output:
Contribution to journal
Article
 Peer-review

Original language

English (US)

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 610-624 (15 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Journal of Online Learning & Teaching (Volume 10, Issue 4)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 12/15/2014

Publication status

Published - 12/15/2014

ISSN

1558-9528