Universal Design for Learning: Creating a Learning Environment that Challenges and Engages All Students
Assessment
Briefly describe Universal Design for Learning. Make sure to include the three principles of UDL.
When they develop goals using the principles of UDL, what is the main thing that teachers need to keep in mind?
Next week, Mr. Schlotzsky, an eighth-grade social studies teacher, will begin a chapter on colonial America. He'll lecture, write notes on the chalkboard, and give his students handouts. To assess their knowledge, Mr. Schlotzsky will ask his students to research colonial America in greater depth on the Internet and to give a three-to-five-minute oral presentation.
Help Mr. Schlotzsky to evaluate the traditional materials and media he plans to use. For each a) list any potential barriers, and b) suggest UDL solutions.
Components
Barriers
UDL Solution
Lecture/ notes on chalkboard
Handouts
Internet research
Oral report
4.
Imagine that you are a second-grade teacher beginning a unit on plants. You wish to make certain that you address the three principles of UDL. Describe the instructional methods you would use to present the information, assess your students, and maintain their engagement in the subject.
At the beginning of the year, Ms. Hamilton, a tenth-grade biology teacher, collected information about her students' learning preferences and learning needs. Of her twenty-nine students, twelve prefer to learn new information through visual means, ten prefer to hear the information, and seven prefer to learn it using a hands-on-approach. Additionally, two students struggle with reading and several have difficulty planning and organizing writing assignments. Help Ms. Hamilton to design a lesson about DNA. Make sure to state the learning goal and to identify materials, instructional methods, and assessment techniques.
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Next week, Mr. Schlotzsky, an eighth-grade social studies teacher, will begin a chapter on colonial America. He'll lecture, write notes on the chalkboard, and give his students handouts. To assess their knowledge, Mr. Schlotzsky will ask his students to research colonial America in greater depth on the Internet and to give a three-to-five-minute oral presentation.
At the beginning of the year, Ms. Hamilton, a tenth-grade biology teacher, collected information about her students' learning preferences and learning needs. Of her twenty-nine students, twelve prefer to learn new information through visual means, ten prefer to hear the information, and seven prefer to learn it using a hands-on-approach. Additionally, two students struggle with reading and several have difficulty planning and organizing writing assignments. Help Ms. Hamilton to design a lesson about DNA. Make sure to state the learning goal and to identify materials, instructional methods, and assessment techniques.
