Tutorials

Question 1

What is “Representation”?

Answer 1

• Refers to basic idea that if students see people like them reflected in course materials, they are more likely to identify and be able to imagine themselves belonging in the classroom
• Helps strengthen the communities, improve school culture, and improve student outcomes

Question 2

What is Accessibility?

Answer 2

• the concept of whether a product or service can be used by everyone - how they encounter it

Question 3

How to evaluate if a resource is accessible?

Answer 3

• Is it easy for student to access independent?
• Is the content understandable?
  ○ Is it clear to red? Font size?
  ○ Don’t have many paragraphs on a slide
• Can content be interpreted by AI
  ○ Test out if closes captions will be inputted by the software
  ○ Test out on another computer
  ○ Send to others to see if it can be opened and accessed
• An inclusive classroom adhered to Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
  ○ An approach to teaching and learning that gives all students equal opportunity to success
  ○ The goal of UDL us to use variety of teaching methods to remove barriers to learning
  ○ Building flexibility that can be adjusted for individuals strengths and needs

Question 4

3 Principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Answer 4

1) Engagement
- How can you motivate students to sustain their interest
- Ie. Make skill-building feel like a game, integrate opportunities to get them active)

2) Representation
- How can you offer information in more than 1 format
□ Ie. Audio, visual, hands-on

3) Action and expression
- How can you give students more than 1 way to interact with the material and to show what they know
□ (ie. Worksheet and art activity)

Question 5

Ways to keep children engaged.

Answer 5

• Connect learning to real-world
• Allow for discovery
• Make it unpredictable
• Include knowledge checkpoints
• Gamify learning
• Engage with students interest
• Give students a say/options
• Keep students moving
• Used mixed-media
• Encourage peer interactions

Question 6

13 Evidence-Based Strategies to help students retain information

Answer 6

1) Spaced repetition - study same material in spaced intervals

2) Read aloud - allow them to read aloud to themselves
- Reading aloud helps to memorize info

3) Flashcard effect - use active recall

4) Mnemonics - meaningful associations

5) Exercise - increases attention, stimulates new neurons (bc they deliver more oxygen to brain)

6) Feynman technique - break down info into simplest form then research unknown bits

7) Mind mapping - visually group components of information to conceptualize ideas

8) Picture superiority effect - pictures and images for visual and verbal components

9) Meditation - increases ability to learn and respond to feedback

10) Teach the content to others - need to be able to master the topic before teaching it

11) Active note-taking - involves writing notes in own words, and asking question from the notes

12) Practice more problems

13) Intrinsic and extrinsic rewards - rewards can inspire people to learn
- Intrinsic - intangible; sense of accomplishment
- Extrinsic - tangible; object given to you after doing something

Question 7

4 Types of Learning

Answer 7

1) Visual
2) Auditory
3) Read/write
4) Kinesthetics

Question 8

Visual Learning

Answer 8

○ Partial to seeing and observing including pictures, graphs, diagrams, maps

○ Understand info better when presented visually (ie. Flow charts, mind maps, using images)
- Learn best when info is presented using patterns, shapes. And visual aids, instead of written words

• When teaching these learners, give students opportunities to draw images

Question 9

Auditory Learning

Answer 9

• Learn better when subject matter is reinforced by sound
• Use voices to reinforce new concepts and ideas
• When teaching these learners, ask them to repeat new concepts, ask questions and let them answer, invoke group discussions, and use music to teach concepts

Question 10

Read/write Learning

Answer 10

• Prefer to learn though written words
• These learners are drawn to reading books, look things up on internet
• The easiest to cater to since much of traditional education focuses on writing, research, and reading

Question 11

Kinesthetics Learners

Answer 11

• Learn through experience or doing things
• They act out events or use hands
• These learners struggle to sit still and take more frequent breaks when studying

-The best way they learn is by incorporating movement