06/20/2026
Reteaching the same way is just repeating the confusion.
If a student didn’t understand something the first time, the problem usually isn’t that they didn’t hear it — it’s that the approach didn’t connect with how their brain processes information.
Teaching it again the same way doesn’t open a new door. It just knocks on the same locked one.
True learning happens when we change the path — a different modality, a new entry point, a multisensory experience that makes the concept click in a way it couldn’t before.
This is the heart of structured literacy. We don’t just repeat — we reroute.
Image Christine Kirk