Universal Design for Learning in Action
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Universal Design for Learning in Action

Whitney H. Rapp

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Universal Design for Learning in Action

Whitney H. Rapp

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Need creative ideas for moving UDL from theory to practice? Get this must-have quick guide, ready for any teacher to pick up and start using now. Whitney Rapp, co-author of the acclaimed Teaching Everyone, walks you step by step through 100 UDL strategies that strengthen student engagement, learning, and assessment. Based on the latest research (but still practical and fun!), these highly effective ideas will help you address diverse learning needs and increase all students' access to the general curriculum. Essential for every educator who wants to know what UDL really looks like, sounds like, and feels like—and how to use this proven approach to teach and reach all learners.


100 UDL STRATEGIES FOR:

  • Classroom space and materials: The best uses of seating, lighting, bulletin boards, and more
  • Classroom management: From smoother schedules and meetings to effective transition areas
  • Technologies: Fresh ways to use blogs, videoconferencing, e-books, and more
  • Content instruction: Teach academic content with tools like music, drawing, mnemonics, and humor
  • Social interaction: Creative games and small-group activities that sharpen all kids' social skills
  • Executive functions: Great ideas for templates, rubrics, graphic organizers, timers, and web-based materials
  • Transition to adulthood: Prepare students for the real world with charts, goal plans, and more
  • Assessment: New ways kids can show what they know—from adapted tests to family projects

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Publisher
Brookes Publishing
Year
2015
ISBN
9781598575149
Topic
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Subtopic
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Index

Page numbers followed by f indicate figures.
AAC, see Augmentative and alternative communication supports
AADB, see American Association of the Deaf-Blind
Ability profiles, 172–173
AbleNet, 129, 185
Abstractness, continuum of, 90
Accessibility
accessible PowerPoint presentations, 91
accessible presentation software, 91–92
adapted tests for, 157–158
auditory books, 70
auditory input, 81–82
computer, 129
equitable, 183
visual input, 83–84
visually accessible text, 69
ACN, see Association for Comprehensive Neurotherapy
Activities
games, 37, 47
group activities, 42
with products, 161
tactile activities, 42–43
Adapted keyboards, 129
Adapted monitors, 129
Adapted tests, 157–158
Adapter cords, 76
Adaptive tools, 118
Aided communication systems, 130
Alternative assessments, 153
American Association of the Deaf-Blind (AADB), 186
American Council of the Blind, 186
American Sign Language (ASL), 14, 62
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), 130, 186
Amplifiers, personal, 81
Animated videos and presentations, 91
Apps, 97
Arts, used to develop executive functions, 52–53
ASHA, see American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
ASL, see American Sign Language
Assessment
through activities with products, 161
alternative, 153
considerations, 153–156
formal, 152
formative, 153
through homework, 163–168
informal, 152
multiple means of, 4, 152–153
through performance assessment, 153, 169–171
through portfolio assessment, 153, 172–174
self-assessment, 153
through self-evaluation, 175–179
strategies for, 152–179
summative, 153
teaching to the test, 154
through testing, 157–162
Assignments, coded, 117
Assistive technology
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