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title: "UDL Guideline 2: Provide options for language, mathematical expressions, and symbols -"
description: www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines/principle1#principle1_g2 This well-organized guide to implementing principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) articulates why it’s important to explain new content in multiple ways and offers a variety of practical strategies, examples, and resources. For example, directly teaching key vocabulary or syntax, explaining ideas using a variety of media, and lowering barriers to decoding can all help to clarify important concepts, minimize confusion, and accommodate a range of learning differences.
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# UDL Guideline 2: Provide options for language, mathematical expressions, and symbols

**By [Ben Politzer](https://www.tripoded.com/blog/author/ben-politzer)**  
April 25 2019

[**www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines/principle1#principle1_g2**](http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines/principle1#principle1_g2)

This well-organized guide to implementing principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) articulates why it’s important to explain new content in multiple ways and offers a variety of practical strategies, examples, and resources. For example, directly teaching key vocabulary or syntax, explaining ideas using a variety of media, and lowering barriers to decoding can all help to clarify important concepts, minimize confusion, and accommodate a range of learning differences.

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## Ben Politzer

 Ben is Vice President K-12 Lead Gen at Scholarus Learning, and is interested in connecting people to the right supports. He is a former teacher and school principal. He loves new ideas, new ways of looking at problems, and is forever learning how to be a better dad, leader, and marketer. 

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