W07 Reflection for UDL

• How do these principles and practices relate to what you've learned from reading How People Learn?

The methods we learned from "How People Learn" are reflected in UDL because they all are student-oriented. They focus on making sure that students know that there are multiple ways of getting to a solution correctly. That there is no one way of thinking, and the process of discovering is more important than test taking.

• How do these principles and practices resonate with the perspectives on STEM learning (e.g., conceptual change, models & modeling, social cognitive, situated learning)? 

STEM learning is all about discovery on the student's end. The teacher's role is to introduce the tools necessary for students to figure out on their own, and that's what resonates with the UDL methods. Social cognitive learning is important in this case, and is what I would personally prefer, because if students work in groups they are exposed to direct conflicts to how they think. Being challenged like that is an important step to building the foundation of the lessons.