2. UDL: What is it?
• Universal Design helps work marginalized
students into the curriculum so that every student
is able to learn the same material and be able to
understand it.
3. UDL: The Framework
• By basing lesson plans and curriculum on this
framework, all students can be taught and be able
to understand the information being taught.
4. UDL: Curriculum
Components/Goals
• Materials in the classroom
• Are they universally designed?
• Methods of teaching
• How does the teacher teach?
• Means of Assessment
• How do we know learning occurs?
5. Implementing UDL Example: Teaching
Students to Ask Their Own Questions
• Sixth grade class learning about plate tectonics
• Students work individually
• Students observe, “When you ask the question, you feel
like it’s your job to get the answer, and you want to
figure it out.”
• This lead to The Question
Formulation Technique
6. Implementing UDL Example: Teaching
Students to Ask Their Own Questions
Question Formulation Technique
• Produce Your Questions
• Ask Questions
• Don’t stop to try to answer them
• Write them down
• Change statements to questions
• Improve Your Questions
• Categorize: closed or open-ended
• Name advantages and disadvantages of questions
• Change questions from one type to another
• Prioritize the Questions
• Choose 3 most important
• Why did you choose those 3?
• Next Step: How are you going to use your questions?
