Tag: Universal Design for Learning
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How did Rethinking Disability and Mathematics shift secondary math teachers’ thinking?
Of course I have been wondering this since the book was published. Last week I heard from a group of secondary teachers in the Poway Unified School District who were reading it together on Friday afternoons (!) with Math TOSA Traci Jackson. She sent me their final reflections (with their permission):…
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UDL Math!
I am super excited to share a article I wrote proposing UDL Math. It is published in the September issue of Teaching and Learning Mathematics K-12. You can access it here for NCTM members and below for those who are not yet NCTM members. I have long wanted to develop…
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Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Universal Design for Learning (CAST, 2011) was inspired by Universal Design in architecture. If you design for people with disabilities before you built the house, it can be more accessible, less expensive, and more beautiful. UDL applies that theory to learning. Beginning with the premise that variability is what all…
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Disability, invisibility, and equity in mathematics (part one)
A recent post by my friend and colleague Andrew Benjamin Gael rightly critiqued the recent NCTM conference for omitting disability in current calls for equity. The recent Executive Summary of the Principles to Actions doesn’t mention disability or special education at all. Andrew asked why, and then went on to…
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