Video Resources
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Universal Design for Learning: An Overview
This video provides an overview of the UDL framework and its components for promoting learning for all students.
The Steps of Direct Instruction
This video provides an overview of the direct instruction process, with example strategies for each step.
Sean's Assistive Technology
This video provides an example of how assistive technology promotes access the general education curriculum for Sean, a high school student who is blind.
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Additional Video Cases
Video Case 7.1: Planning Effective Instruction
- The teachers in the video discuss a variety of instructional practices that they find to be useful for planning effective instruction. Why do they find these practices to be highly effective and how do they support student learning? Do you notice similarities and differences between the practices used by teachers at the elementary and high school levels?
- Which types of instructional grouping arrangements are shown within the video? What strategies do the teachers use to plan cooperative groups that promote effective instruction? What are the similarities and differences in how grouping practices are used to support student learning at the elementary and secondary levels?
Video Case 7.2: Working in Groups
- What instructional grouping practices do the teachers in the video suggest in order to promote effective instruction? What practices help older and younger students to work collaboratively in small groups or pairs? How are these practices used to support student learning throughout the video?
- What are the benefits of having older students assist younger students? What are the benefits of having students of the same age work cooperatively together? Describe how both of these effective instructional practices are used within the video.