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Research-based principles for implementing
Universal Design of Curriculum
Effective
teachers understand that learners arrive at
insights and conclusions in many ways. They
encourage reasoning, creativity, understanding of
different viewpoints, open-mindedness, and
risk-taking. The recognition that students learn
and communicate in different ways leads effective
teachers to seek instructional strategies that
match individual learning styles. In the 1980s,
Howard Gardner and his associates at Harvard
University developed a theory of multiple
intelligences based on observations of students at
work in pre-school, elementary, middle, and high
school classrooms. Their research confirmed that
many learners use a variety of intelligences and
strategies to explore ideas. This paper outlines
some practical implementations based on this
research.
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