Which statement is NOT listed as a component of Universal Design for Learning strategies in the material?

• A. Task analysis and chaining
• B. Direct instruction
• C. Arranging teaching trials
• D. Stimulus prompting

Answer: (B)

Universal Design for Learning focuses on providing flexible, accessible ways for students to access content, engage with it, and demonstrate what they know. Direct instruction is a highly structured, teacher-directed approach that follows a set sequence and emphasizes one primary method of delivery. That level of fixed structure doesn’t align with UDL’s emphasis on offering multiple means of representation, engagement, and expression, which is why it’s not listed as a UDL component in the material. The other options—task analysis and chaining, arranging teaching trials, and stimulus prompting—are types of supports or scaffolds that can be woven into UDL to help learners access and practice skills in varied ways. So the statement that isn’t a UDL component is direct instruction.