Origin and Why
What is it?
Engagement
Representation
Action and Expression
100
Universal Design for Learning originally came from what field?
What is Architecture?
100
UDL is an acronym for:
What is Universal Design for Learning
100
Offering students choices related to what to read, study, etc. is an example of?
What is engagement?
100
True or false: Offering options for learning such as audiobooks or watching a video should only be available for students with IEPs.
What is False?
100
If a lesson plan says that students will learn about the weather and will show what they have learned by drawing a picture, what is the problem with this plan?
What is....they are confusing drawing and an understanding of weather? They need to decide what the main goal is (drawing or weather) and then allow choice on the non-important stuff.
200
What universal design do you likely encounter regularly that makes it easier to navigate sidewalks for older people, people with small children, people riding scooters, etc.?
What is curb cuts?
200
A framework that reduces barriers to learning and maximizes access to the general curriculum for all students.
What is UDL?
200
When teachers take time to show children the ways that the lesson content relate to their own lives, this optimizes...?
What is relevance?
200
People in the dyslexia community refer to traditional reading as....
What is "eye reading"?
200
All the students in a class are tracing letters on a worksheet. The child with the IEP is moving letter shaped blocks around on his desk. Is this an example of "Options for Action and Expression"?
What is NO?
300
UDL acknowledges that all learners are different that human variability is normal. UDL expects that: A. classrooms will be ready for all children from the beginning or
B. teachers will have a standard curriculum but will be on the lookout for kids who are "different" to make adjustments.
What is A?
300
In UDL, barriers are not within the person but within the..?
What is the classroom or system?
300
A brief period of time designed to help students either energize or relax. These intervals are important for keeping students engaged.
What are brain intervals/breaks?
300
How does defining vocabulary and supplying background knowledge at the beginning of a new unit support representation?
What is "leveling the playing field, increasing comprehension, etc."?
300
The teacher offers students options for showing what they learned--write a report, make a video, create a diorama, etc. He notices that one student, one of his "brighter" ones (his words, not mine) always chooses to make a video. He thinks he isn't challenging himself. What should he do?
What is....consider the purpose of the lesson--if it isn't writing, then let it go. Talk with the student about his goals (UDL is about creating strategic & goal-directed students, so see what his goals are and if there is room for motivation there).
400
Is UDL an evidence-based practice?
What is YES. Research on learner variability, neuroscience. Inclusion.
400
Can anyone name the main areas of focus in UDL?
What is Engagement, Representation, Action & Expression?
400
The "affective network" is related to connection. Which of the 3 parts of UDL is likely to be related to this network?
What is Engagement?
400
The "recognition" network relates to how learners sense and perceive information and turn it into usable knowledge. Which of the three main focus areas would this relate to?
What is Representation?
400
The strategic (motor) network is positioned in the anterior/front of the brain. Which of the 3 main focus areas of UDL might that be related to?
What is Action and Expression?