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In this post, you will find: ideas, tools and strategies that you could use to support all learners in writing a visual of the ideas, tools and strategies that you can download Writing is a complex skill that many people find challenging to master, especially when faced with barriers that hinder learning the foundational skills … Continue reading Building Confident Writers: Strategies and Resources for Engaged Learning
This routine allows learners to verbalise their thinking and learning to a peer as well as allowing them to hear the learning of others. In telling your neighbour learners are first given a problem to solve. They have a set amount of time to solve the problem. This depends on the problem or task of course. Then learners are given time to think about how they solved the problem. They can do this by drawing/diagram, writing or thinking in their heads. This is silent time. Then learners turn to their neighbour and tell them their answer and how they solved the problem.
Reflection is a learning experience for the educator and it doesn't matter how long you have been in this game, it is still important to reflect on a lesson or two. In this post I am going to share how I reflect on my learning experiences using visuals.
This routine is very simple yet so effective! We all know those learners who need a bit more support or a confidence boost to get them on their way for independent practice of a skill or concept taught. This routine gives learners the autonomy to decide if they are ready for independent practice or not.
One minute pause is a routine that allows learners time to reflect and process the learning that has just occurred. This allows learners to deepen their understanding of the topic just learned (Stein, 2024). This routine is referred to by Elizabeth Stein (2024), as a strategy that teaches within the spaces of teaching.
One thing I have come to realise is that UDL instruction is about instructional routines. Quality, efficient and reliable instruction routines become the foundation to any lesson that implements UDL principles and check points.
Once we have identified the goal of the lesson, derived from the standards, we need to identify how the goal is relevant to our learners. Relevance is identified in the UDL Guidelines under the Engagement Principle. Identifying the relevance of learning improves a learner's intrinsic motivation to learn the content (CAST, 2023). When learners understand how the goal of the lesson is relevant to their lives or goals, they are more likely to be engaged in that learning.
The goal of this post: Explain why flexibility and choice created by multiple means is important in your classroom Key ideas: By providing multiple means you are catering for diversity in learners, developing expert learners, being more present in lessons and allowing students to achieve success Introduction If you are an UDL fan like me, … Continue reading Four BIG Reasons Why You Should Use Multiple Means in Your Lessons
Learn how Universal Design for Learning (UDL) transforms classrooms with inclusive strategies that support every student’s success. Discover 6 practical ways to apply UDL today!
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