Present information in different ways, using a multi-sensory approach
Multi-sensory instruction makes it easier for students to work in the way that’s best for them
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Support understanding with visuals
Support understanding with visuals
Offer information in more than one way.
Use symbols and graphics to illustrate text.
Keep the layout clean and uncluttered.
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Source: Ministry of Education | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga
Offer multiple opportunities to build understanding
Offer multiple opportunities to build understanding
Provide different options for students to meet their learning goals.
- Offer real experiences, physical activities, and manipulables to support understanding.
- Support text and spoken information with photos, graphics, audio, and video.
- Present digital text rather than printed text so that students can personalise it by changing the font size and design or by listening to it.
- Use online tools such as Google sites or Moodle to bring together different versions of content in one place (for example, a YouTube video, a graphic, and some text).
Offer a range of options
Offer a range of options
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Use technologies
Use technologies
Online tools enable students to work at their own pace.
Select computer-based learning programs that enable repetition, are visual, provide immediate feedback, and are hands-on.
Provide all students with access to tools that:
- support collaboration and timely feedback, such as Google Docs
- can be customised to meet their needs and preferences
- provide for repetition and allow students to revisit.
Hands-on learning
Hands-on learning
Provide a range of opportunities for students to move and physically engage in learning.
Multi-sensory approaches help by activating different pathways in the brain and making the abstract more concrete.
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Source: Ministry of Education | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga
Useful resources
Useful resources
UDL-aligned strategies
UDL-aligned strategies are instructional methods and tools used by teachers to ensure that all students have an equal opportunity to learn. These guidelines help to select strategies that remove barriers in instruction so that all students can achieve their learning goals.
Publisher: Goalbook
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