Instructional Strategies Flashcards

Which Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principle focuses on providing students with multiple ways to access and engage with content?

Answer: Multiple means of representation

The UDL principle of multiple means of representation addresses how information is presented to learners, ensuring access through varied formats such as text, audio, video, and hands-on materials.

A co-teaching model in which both teachers circulate through the room simultaneously providing support to all students is called:

Answer: Team teaching

Team teaching involves both teachers simultaneously leading instruction, both circulating, and both actively engaged with all students — the most integrated co-teaching model.

Which instructional strategy involves breaking a complex skill into smaller sequential steps and teaching each step individually?

Answer: Task analysis

Task analysis breaks a complex skill into small, teachable steps in sequential order, allowing students to master each component before moving to the next — a foundational strategy in special education.

An ESE teacher is using graphic organizers, sentence frames, and tiered vocabulary lists to support diverse learners. These are all examples of which instructional approach?

Answer: Differentiated instruction

Differentiated instruction involves modifying content, process, product, or learning environment based on student readiness, interest, and learning profile — graphic organizers, sentence frames, and tiered vocabulary are all common differentiation tools.

Which assistive technology tool would most directly support an ESE student with dyslexia who struggles with reading printed text?

Answer: Text-to-speech software

Text-to-speech software converts printed or digital text to spoken audio, directly addressing the decoding barrier experienced by students with dyslexia without altering the content being read.

In Florida, which document specifies the special education and related services, accommodations, and modifications a student with a disability will receive?

Answer: Individualized Education Program (IEP)

The IEP is the legally binding document under IDEA that specifies all special education services, related services, accommodations, modifications, goals, and placement for a student with a qualifying disability.