Utilizing Universal Design for Learning

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Title: Utilizing Universal Design for Learning: Methods Improving STEM Subject Achievement for High School Students with Learning Disabilities
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Description: As students progress through our school system, they must overcome many learning obstacles as classes become more difficult with the added pressure of higher expectations for performance abilities. In particular, many students begin to struggle in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subject areas as they enter high school. Students with learning disabilities (LD) are oftentimes left behind in STEM areas. The potential for students with learning disabilities to learn STEM subjects is sometimes overlooked by teachers and administrators, which results in a lack of their needs being met in these classes. The conventional methods utilized for teaching STEM subjects in general education high school classes are broadly known. The ultimate goal of an educational system should be to meet the learning needs of all students in order for each student to progress as far as the limits of their native abilities. With the less frequently evident STEM subject progression in students with learning disabilities, it is imperative to improve their academic achievement in STEM subject areas. A detailed framework is discussed that combines a well-known conventional method utilized to teach STEM subjects to students without disabilities with an additional methodology designed to meet the general needs of students with learning disabilities. Each of these combined methods falls under the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines, which can help students with learning disabilities achieve a higher level of success in general education STEM subject classrooms without negatively impacting the quality of education for their classmates without disabilities., Honors Thesis Advisor : Dr. Jason Kight, EdD.
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Contributor: McKenzie, Anne C. (Author), California University of Pennsylvania. Honors Program.
Date: 2021-04-21
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Identifier: cali:2245
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