CAST’s Universal Design for Learning Guidelines – Educator Checklist
UDL Guidelines
Unit/Lesson: A.SSE.B.4 Sum of a Finite
Geometric Series
I. Provide multiple means of representation– Recognition Networks
1. Provide options for perception
 Offer ways to customize the display of information
 Offer alternatives for auditory information
 Offer alternatives for visual information
2. Provide options for language, mathematical expressions, and
symbols
 Clarify vocabulary and symbols
 Clarify syntax and structure
 Support decoding of text, mathematical notation, and symbols
 Promote understanding across language
 Illustrate through multiple media
3. Provide options for comprehension
 Activate or supply background knowledge
 Highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships
 Guide information processing, visualization, & manipulation
 Maximize transfer and generalization
Your Ideas
Graphing Calculator
Your Ideas
Sequence notation with subscripts, sequence, series,
summation, and finite geometric series
Summation formula for finite geometric series
Subscripts give order, r is common ration
Your Ideas
Use of recursive rule to create a geometric sequence
Use of Algebra to rewrite summation as a formula
Embedded in task
Relating sum to formula
II. Provide multiple means for action and expression - Strategic Networks
4. Provide options for physical actions
 Vary the methods for response and navigation
 Optimize access to tools and assistive technologies
5. Provide options for expression and communication
 Use multiple media for communication
 Use multiple tools for construction and composition
 Build fluencies with graduated labels of support for practice and
performance
6. Provide options for executive functions
 Guide appropriate goal setting
 Support planning and strategy development
 Facilitate managing information and resources
 Enhance capacity for monitoring progress
Your Ideas
Finding each term in sequences
Graphing calculator
Your Ideas
Embedded in activity
Your Ideas
Multiple check points during activity
Embedded in activity
III. Provide multiple means for engagement - Affective Networks
7. Provide options for recruiting interest
 Optimize individual choice and autonomy
 Optimize relevance, value, and authenticity
 Minimize threats and distractions
8. Provide options for sustaining effort and persistence
 Heighten salience of goals and objectives
 Vary demands and resources to optimize challenge
 Foster collaboration and community
 Increase mastery-oriented feedback
9. Provide options for self-regulation
 Promote expectations and beliefs that optimize motivation
 Facilitate personal coping skills and strategies
 Develop self-assessment and reflection
Your Ideas
Embedded in activity
Your Ideas
Students will work in groups to complete activity
Students use their results to complete activity
Your Ideas
Embedded in activity
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APA Citation: CAST (2011). Universal design for learning guidelines version 2.0. Wakefield, MA: Author
CAST’s Universal Design for Learning Guidelines – Educator Checklist
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APA Citation: CAST (2011). Universal design for learning guidelines version 2.0. Wakefield, MA: Author