The Effectiveness of Universal Design for Learning

Abstract

Each class has always consisted of students who have diverse characteristics and capabilities, and teachers have a responsibility to teach all the students in their class without exception. The teachers need a practical teaching approach to overcome such diversity. UDL is an approach designing in learning activities which are appropriate and effective for all students to use three underlying principles. This study aims to conduct a meta-analysis related to the useful application of UDL, in improving the quality of student learning based on twelve previous studies published in the journal. The results of the meta-analysis showed that the application of the principles of UDL could improve the quality of learners' learning process.