2. Universal Design of Learning
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In past years in our school’s curriculum there has been a focus
on the average student.
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Cognitive research shows that this “average student” does not
exist
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Universal Design for learning is a framework based on
cognitive neurosciences for designing learning experiences
that work across a wide spectrum of learners
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its main purpose is to make
sure that everyone is a
successful learner and that
everyone is an expert learner
3. The Three Broad Principles
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3 principles come form careful analysis of what learning really is in
particularly research that has been done by thousands of other researchers
in cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, and neuropsychology
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looked at what comprises learning, how does learning really work. and what
are its differences among individual learners
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from that work 3 principles were abstracted that are involved in any learning
situation
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how does the learner pick up information
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how do they express and act on that information
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how are they engaged in that information
4. Principle
1. How we present information to the learner.
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Provide multiple means of representation. There is no
one way we can present information in a way that
everyone can learn it, so in Universal Design they
discuss multiple means of representation so everyone
can make since since of the information
1. Provide options for
participation
2. Provide options for
language and symbols
3. Provide options for
comprehension
5. Principle
2. Provide multiple means of action of expression
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How students express what they know. Students differ,
so we must provide multiple means of expression over
the course of our teaching and learning.
1. Provide options for physical
action
2. Provide options for
expressive skills and fluency
3. Provide options for executive
functions
6. Principle
3. Provide multiple means of engagement
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In many ways most important principle. If we do not engage
students in learning, don’t make it important to them, don’t
make them motivated for learning, then none of the other
forms of representation or expression are that important.
1. Provide options for recruiting interest
2. Provide options for sustaining effort
and persistence
3. Provide options for self regulation
7. Principle
3. Provide multiple means of engagement
•
In many ways most important principle. If we do not engage
students in learning, don’t make it important to them, don’t
make them motivated for learning, then none of the other
forms of representation or expression are that important.
1. Provide options for recruiting interest
2. Provide options for sustaining effort
and persistence
3. Provide options for self regulation
