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LEARNER VARIABILITY & BARRIERS TO LEARNING
RESOURCES ON LEARNER VARIABILITY - THE FOUNDATION OF UDL
EXPLORE RESOURCES
Watch:- Video of Dr. David Rose and Dr. Todd Rose discussing designing lessons with Learner Variability in mind (10:12)
- Experience Learner Variability through the eyes of a student in this video (11:29), Failure to Communicate: a 360 degree Experience about Learner Variability. Being able to understand the student point of view is an important communication strategy which raises family engagement.
- This video from CAST (founders of Universal Design for Learning) explains the fundamentals of Learner Variability (3:01).
- Labels or Limitations? Using asset-based language is a powerful tool. (Resource from PSESD 121)
- 6 page resource from Digital Promise titled, “Learner Variability is the Rule, Not the Exception.”
EXTEND YOUR LEARNING
Deeper Dive: Learner Variability
This extension of the 5 minute webinar about Learner Variability provides an enhanced description of the neuroscience behind this important concept. Helpful for parents, families, and school staff who want to learn more about the brain and how its function affects human learning. (11:25)
RESOURCES ON BARRIERS TO LEARNING
EXPLORE RESOURCES
Watch:
This video from CAST (founders of Universal Design for Learning) explains the fundamentals of Barriers to Learning (4:06).
Video about the basics of barriers to learning and how Universal Design for Learning can support teachers with planning (3:06)
Read:
District Administration featured an article, “Universal Design for Learning removes all barriers.” There are spotlights from practicing administrators and directors at CAST.
Allison Posey, one of the nation’s leading researchers on UDL wrote a blog post titled, “How to Break Down Barriers to Learning With UDL.”
This article, What are the Most Common Barriers to Learning in School, discusses 4 barriers that impact our students.++
Article titled Breaking Barriers of Race, Class, and Language in Schools
Visuals/Activities:
Exercise/Activity: Using a Universal Design Approach to Find Barriers and Solutions in the Curriculum - The Access Center. The purpose of the Finding Barriers and Solutions Exercise is to give educators, administrators, and family members the opportunity to share ways of making learning more accessible and effective for all students
Barrier Identification Flow Chart - Using UDL Guidelines (PDF). If you would like a video of the creator, Zach Smith, explaining how to use the tool, click HERE
EXTEND YOUR LEARNING
Deeper Dive: Trauma and Poverty and their Relationship to Learner Variability and Barriers to Learning
This goes into specifics of the impacts that poverty and trauma have on students and what we can do to possibly reduce or eliminate barriers to learning that are associated with each of them. (32:33)
THE MYTH OF AVERAGE
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