Graduation Date
Summer 2017
Document Type
Dissertation/Thesis
Program
Master of Arts degree with a major in Education
Committee Chair Name
Eric Van Duzer
Committee Chair Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Second Committee Member Name
David Ellerd
Second Committee Member Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Keywords
Universal Design for Learning, UDL, Middle School, Teacher Training, Professional Development, Effects, Special Education, Social Emotional Learning, Self Regulation Strategies, California, Marin County, Students With Disabilities, Visual Modalities, Inclusion
Subject Categories
Education
Abstract
In inclusive classrooms, the framework of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) presents a viable schema to inform instructional materials, lesson design, and teaching practices to meet the needs of diverse groups of learners. UDL principles and guidelines emphasize using multiple means of representation, action, and engagement to employ different learning networks and address the multitude of learners in the classroom, with the hopeful outcome of benefiting all students. Current literature has yielded inconclusive results about the concrete effects of the UDL framework, including an ongoing challenge in defining UDL practice in the classroom. This quantitative study explored UDL practices in an inclusive California middle school as reported by teachers in a survey, and investigated how UDL training effects the use of UDL strategies and technology in the classroom. It found significant correlations between UDL training and the use of UDL strategies in the classroom overall as well as total number of UDL strategies used. Further correlations were found between social-emotional learning in the classroom and use of UDL strategies as well as links between UDL training, UDL use, and the use of teaching tools that target visual modalities.
Citation Style
APA
Recommended Citation
Gavin, Seanessy W., "Effectiveness of teacher training on the use of universal design learning strategies with special education students in middle school" (2017). Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects. 58.
https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/etd/58