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Brain Networks
UDL in the Classroom
Scaffolding
Assessments
100
Individual brains differ contributing to unique ________ and __________ in each individual learner.
What are strengths and weaknesses?
100
This network uses multiple means of representation.
What is Recognition?
100
Musical, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Interpersonal, Verbal-Linguistic, Logical-Mathematical, Intrapersonal, Visual-Spatial, and Naturalistic are types of this.
What are multiple intelligences?
100
Believed that learning is influenced by social interactions and that communication with more knowledgeable people significantly impacts how children think and interpret situations
Who is Vygotsky?
100
Chosen primarily on the basis of availability and with little thought to its appropriateness, traditional assessments usually consist of this.
What is a single medium (usually printed text)?
200
The term _________ _________ was coined to describe the concept of designing all products and the built environment to be usable to the greatest extent possible by everyone, regardless of ability, age, or status in life.
What is universal design?
200
Providing options for sustaining effort and persistence is related to this network.
What is Affective?
200
Video caption and video description, highlighting vocabulary, vocal directions matched with printed ones, and visual representations are examples of providing multiple means of what?
What is representation?
200
This zone defines functions that have not matured yet, but are in the process of maturing, and will mature tomorrow.
What is the Zone of Proximal Development?
200
Traditional assessments don't take these into account; favoring some students and hurting some others.
What are individual learning differences/styles?
300
Our textbook is the result of 15 years of thought, development, and research conducted by ________ in collaboration with individuals, schools, districts, and states. (Hint - CAST)
What is Center for Applied Special Technology?
300
Subject-verb agreement, the causes of the War of 1812, and the structure of a cell are all identified using which network?
What is Recognition?
300
In UDL, these are described as learning expectations/objectives and they represent the true purpose of the learning activity. These should be written in language that is clear and concise.
What are goals?
300
Scaffolded instruction reduces this.
What is frustration (or risk or uncertainty)?
300
This third barrier/shortcoming of traditional assessments is related to our fear of cheating.
What is lack of appropriate supports?
400
________ _________ are versatile, transformable, can be marked, and can be networked.
What are digital media?
400
Because these networks are distributed across many regions in the brain, learners exhibit many differences that influence their motivation to learn and their subsequent engagement.
What is Affective?
400
1. Providing multiple, flexible methods of action and expression supports this network. 2. Providing multiple, flexible methods of presentation supports this network. 3. Providing multiple flexible options for engagement supports this network. (Watch the ordering!)
What is the strategic network? What is the recognition network? What is the affective network?
400
3 advantages of scaffolding
What is engages the learner; no passive transmission of information; builds on students' prior knowledge; provides opportunities for positive feedback; can be motivating; minimizes frustration; can result in faster learning?
400
Providing choices of topics for projects, paired peers to share small group activities, real-life scenarios, and offering simple self-monitoring checklists are all assessment options connected to which brain network? (Only 1.)
What is affective?
500
_________ networks are located in the back of the brain, while __________ networks are located primarily in the frontal lobe, and _________ networks are located at the core of the brain.
What is recognition, strategic, and affective?
500
Difficulty with organizing writing, writing mechanics below grade level, and being slow to write could be considered weaknesses relative to this network.
What is Strategic?
500
The major components necessary to implement UDL at the local level include teacher training and support, administrative support, redefined roles for special and regular education teachers, a new curriculum planning model, parent and community involvement, creative funding, and this.
What is technology infrastructure?
500
3 Disadvantages of Scaffolding
What is time consuming for the teacher; challenge of incorporating individualized scaffolds into a lesson; teacher may not see full effect initially; teacher must be willing to give up some control and allow students to make errors?
500
In order to provide the most accurate and most informative ongoing assessments, we need flexibility in these three areas.
What is flexibility in presentation? What is flexibility in expression and strategic supports? What is flexibility in engagement?
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