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How does
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Reading Assistant help during Practice?
During Practice sessions, Amira Reading Assistant constantly adjusts both the kind of interventions provided and the timing before intervention. Amira Reading Assistant adjusts her feedback based on the type and frequency of student errors. In general, Amira Reading Assistant follows the best practice of allowing 3+ seconds for productive struggle. The mean time before Amira Reading Assistant jumps in is approximately 6 seconds. This personalized tutoring is a key component of the Amira Reading Assistant Practice model, minimizing student frustration and maximizing motivation.
Amira Reading Assistant delivers personalized coaching to readers -- the right proper intervention on the right word at the right time. These are called micro-interventions. As a student reads, Amira Reading Assistant provides just enough support to encourage “productive struggle.”
Micro-Interventions in Action
Want to see some micro-interventions in action? Here is a video of a practice session including some micro-interventions for you to view! Check out the playlist below for a sampling of the Amira interventions.
AmiraReading Assistant's Micro-Intervention Gallery
Below is a sampling of some common micro-interventions students may encounter while practicing with AmiraReading Assistant, including when they are encountered , and how the student participates in the intervention, among other details. If you have questions about any of these micro-interventions or would like more detaildetails, please reach out to contact your Customer Success Manager.
For a full complete list of our Interventions, please review this Google doc of our Interventions Encyclopedia.
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Customizing the Micro-Intervention Frequency
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You have the ability to can customize how often micro-interventions are provided via the Science of Reading Configuration tile in Amira. For more information on that, including how to enable giveword as a possible intervention, please see this article: Science of Reading ConfigurationsSupportReading Assistant.
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