Caitlin Leek Instructional Media

What does the research say about this? Action and Expression is the way that you can modify the outcomes of a students work based on their needs. For example, a student with dyslexia might have a better experience telling a narrative through images versus writing a story. "It should also be recognized that action and expression require a great deal of strategy, practice, and organization, and this is another area in which learners can differ. In reality, there is not one means of action and expression that will be optimal for all learners" (udlguidelines.cast.org). Making your classroom work under UDL takes practice and experience. A first year teacher may not be able to include as much action and expression options as a teacher who has been teaching five years. There also isn't one thing that is going to produce the same results for every student. A student who is an excellent writer and not so good at drawing may find that telling the narrative through art like the stu...

What does the research say about this? Everyone absorbs information in different ways. For example, I can learn by reading and oral instruction but my sister has trouble interpreting written language so she learns better with oral and hands-on instruction. Because of the different ways that people learn, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) says that you should represent information in many different ways to reach as many learning types as possible. According to udlguidlines.cast.org, "Also learning, and transfer of learning, occurs when multiple representations are used, because they allow students to make connections within, as well as between, concepts." There are three different guidelines to follow: provide options for perception; provide options for language, mathematical expressions, and symbols; and provide options for comprehension.  How can this be effectively integrated into your teaching? I can effectively integrate Representation in to my teaching by providing ...