Universal Design For Learning Essay

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Charity Uzochukwu
EDEC 5622
Dr. Short
8/4/15
IRIS Module: Differentiated Instruction
Briefly describe Universal Design for Learning. Make sure to include the three principles of UDL. UDL is a research-based framework that teachers can use to help students, including students with disabilities demonstrate their knowledge in a variety of ways. By using flexible materials, techniques and strategies to reduce barriers in instruction and provide supports that will help students succeed academically. The way information is presented using UDL is flexible that it open up ways and opportunity for students to engage, respond or demonstrate their knowledge and skills, in the ways that is unique to the students.
The UDL principles:
Multiple means of Representation. This is a means of presenting information and course content in multiple formats, to make it easier for all students to access it.
Multiple means of action and expressions: Gives students the opportunity to use different alternatives to express or demonstrate what they have learned.
Multiple means of engagement: Helps to stimulate, motivation and increase …show more content…

We would visit the garden in the school and finally, watch a video with audio on plants. I will use mixed ability grouping for group activities for the students to identify plant types by the leaves and discuss among each other each type. The long time learning activities for the class will be for the student to learn how to plant, water, give nutrition to plant by planting a beans in a pot and we all watch it grow. The students Knowledge will be accessed by giving the students the option of either search the internet for more facts about plant and write a short paragraph about what they learned, or draw and label a picture of a plant and taking a quiz they discuss their answer in

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