Appropriate Leveling

Knowledge Refinement

Principle in Action

Newsela supports nonfiction literacy learning. The platform offers content at five different reading levels and continuously assesses and responds to each student's comprehension capabilities, ensuring that students are neither under-challenged nor overwhelmed. Teachers can also set the difficulty of assignments based on the recommended level or choose a specific level to meet individual needs. By mapping content difficulty to individual performance thresholds, Newsela transforms reading from a static task to an adaptive learning journey that tailors to learners' growing literacy.

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Find readings at appropriate levels using filtering tools

Find readings at appropriate levels using filtering tools

Discuss in your team

Who is your target learner?

How much prior exposure do they have to the learning material?

How could you make the material harder? Easier?

Principle Definition

Account for the learner’s prior knowledge and skill level when considering how challenging to make your educational product. When the learning is too easy, the learner is not challenged and may get bored. When it is too difficult, the learner acquires very little and gets frustrated or tunes out.

Appropriate Leveling

Knowledge Refinement

Principle Definition

Account for the learner’s prior knowledge and skill level when considering how challenging to make your educational product. When the learning is too easy, the learner is not challenged and may get bored. When it is too difficult, the learner acquires very little and gets frustrated or tunes out.

Relevant Principles

Relevant Principles

Principle in Action

Newsela

Newsela supports nonfiction literacy learning. The platform offers content at five different reading levels and continuously assesses and responds to each student's comprehension capabilities, ensuring that students are neither under-challenged nor overwhelmed. Teachers can also set the difficulty of assignments based on the recommended level or choose a specific level to meet individual needs. By mapping content difficulty to individual performance thresholds, Newsela transforms reading from a static task to an adaptive learning journey that tailors to learners' growing literacy.

Find readings at appropriate levels using filtering tools

Discuss in your team

Who is your target learner?

How much prior exposure do they have to the learning material?

How could you make the material harder? Easier?