You can increase the persistence, retention, and completion of your courses if you reduce the pinch points. Pinch points are areas of your course that hold students back.
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Pinch points in your class are holding your students back. They are areas in your class where students are struggling. One of the simplest ways to revise your course is to apply Universal Design for Learning techniques to eliminate identified pinch points.
You can use strategies like Plus One to provide an instructional choice in a confusing area of your course. Naturally, use the 80/20 principle to identify the areas with the greatest impact.
This week, we are going to take a closer look at pinch points. Specifically, we are going to look at how to identify them and strategies for fixing them.
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Additional Reading
- Book Review: Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education
- Reframing UDL – The Plus-One Approach
- Identifying and Responding to Pinch Points
- “Plus-One” Thinking: A Framework for Inclusive Teaching
- Tools for Formative Assessment – Muddiest Point
- ITC: 8 – What Is Universal Design for Learning?
- ITC: 9 – How Multiple Means of Representation Can Help Your Classroom
- ITC: 10 – See What Your Students Know Through Multiple Means of Action and Expression
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