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About Differentiated Instruction Education World has published practical articles on differentiating instruction by experienced classroom teachers.
Peter Westwood, author of What Teachers Need to Know
About Differentiated Instruction discusses in this Q&A.
Keona Walker says she learned all
about differentiated instruction during her teacher training.
In order to be most effective, instruction in inclusive classrooms needs to be geared carefully to students» individual learning rates and levels of ability.What Teachers Need to Know
About Differentiated Instruction presents a concise look at developing and implementing differentiated instruction programs.
Learn more
about the Differentiated Instruction Institutes on the ASCD institutes page.
Teachers and principals are not always trained to teach in this kind of environment; successful educators in these kinds of schools must be passionate
about differentiated instruction — and have the time and supports to execute that well.
[applause] You know, through all of our professional development and graduate programs, we're always talking
about differentiated instruction and how important this is for our special needs students, ELA students, ESL students, regular ed students.
Everything today is
about differentiated instruction and within a class of 25 - 35 that becomes more difficult.
I've been at OTES training for the last week, and I've been thinking
about differentiated instruction, lesson planning, and curriculum mapping (Oh my!).
Which of the student quotations from pages 283 — 284 address concerns you have held
about differentiated instruction?
This idea arises whenever we talk
about differentiated instruction.
Not exact matches
Think carefully
about whether it might be a better allocation of resources to invest in improving all existing classes and working with teachers to
differentiate instruction for all learners.
She asked me how I had used data to make decisions
about curriculum and
instruction; she referenced techniques from Teach Like a Champion, Dr. Robert Marzano's «What Works in Schools» series, and Paul Tough's book
about grit; and she quizzed me on formative and summative assessments, SMART goals, token economies,
differentiated instruction and adaptive technology.
Mike Petrilli talks with Education Next
about the challenges of teaching high - achieving and low - achieving kids in the same classroom, and
about one school in Montgomery County, Maryland, which is using a blend of ability grouping and
differentiated instruction with great success.
One of the great things
about PBL is that it has
differentiated instruction built into it.
D Data, Using (see also Accountability) Debates in the Classroom Democracy, Teaching
About (see also Citizenship; Ethics Education)
Differentiated Instruction Digital Divide (see also Technology, Issues Related to) Disabilities Discipline (see also Classroom Management; Buses) Discrimination Distance Learning District Collaborations Drama, Teaching Dress Codes Dropouts Drug Education
Display pictures - Large A4 coloured pictures of things to do with bonfire night and the story of Guy Fawkes Colouring pictures - Large black and white pictures Display border - Each piece is decorated with pictures and can be printed as many times as you need for a display board of any size Songs and rhymes - Six decorated songs and rhyme cards related to Bonfire Night for the children to learn - 2 of these rhymes are number rhymes so would be great for your maths lessons A4 border - Individual A4 sized page with a border - great for adding work to ready for the display or for the children to use in the writing area Questions - Question cards each decorated with colour pictures Topic words - Words
about Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night each decorated with fireworks Fireworks - Colour photos of fireworks - great for discussion and displays Houses of Parliament - Colour photos of The Houses of Parliament Counting card - Rocket counting cards Dice game - Two different sheets with a black and white firework picture - roll the die and colour the correct part of the firework Literacy Worksheets - Various worksheets such as completing the sentences
about fireworks, true and false worksheet
about Guy Fawkes, describing fireworks, writing safety
instructions Maths Worksheets - Make the rocket symmetrical, complete the addition and subtraction sums on the fireworks plus blank calculation sheets so you can
differentiate the sums Ideas - An ideas sheet with lots of ideas to cover different areas of the curriculum when teaching
about Bonfire Night and the Gunpowder Plot Cutting skills - Cut out the parts of the firework and assemble - there are two different sheets Safety Posters - Eight posters
about firework safety for the children to colour Picture dominoes - A colour dominoes game Guy Fawkes pictures - Pictures from old documents
about Guy Fawkes and the plot Draw the fireworks - A colour and a black and white worksheet Size worksheet - Cut out and order the rockets in size order - in colour and black and white Matching pairs game - Match the coloured Bonfire Night pictures Rhyme - «Remember, Remember the Fifth of November» - A decorated rhyme card
What I began to write
about and to call «
differentiated instruction» was rooted in what I learned through classroom practice and now has become more fully developed through observing many other practicing teachers, conducting research, and studying the research of others.
If teachers want to
differentiate instruction, they need to use formative assessments to learn
about students» interests and to check for understanding.
Leverage differentiation: One of the key components of
differentiating a PBL project is thinking
about what
instruction and scaffolding is needed for the whole class, for small groups, and for individuals.
In the education world,
differentiated instruction is talked a lot
about as a policy or as a solution, but rarely do educators get opportunities to roll up their sleeves and talk
about what it looks like in practice.
Under the new recommendations, students would not be pulled out of the classroom for advanced classes but would receive
differentiated instruction from their regular teacher, something board member Phil Crusius said he was concerned
about because one teacher would be catering to so many different levels of students at the same time.
It is great
differentiated instruction - targeted to the learner's needs but also, based on common principles that allow deeper conversation
about instruction to emerge.»
Partway through the PLC, project leaders conducted a learning walk at the school with the teacher leader and the principal, where they went into classrooms, and chatted briefly with teachers
about their work to
differentiate instruction.
Upon identifying goals, coaches discussed and collaborated with teachers
about implementing
differentiated instruction, beginning with the use of pre-assessments and formative assessments to determine students» readiness level, interests, and learning preferences.
In «One Kid at a Time,» Carol Ann Tomlinson (p. 12) recalls the students who challenged her «certainties»
about teaching and started her thinking
about the principles that underlie
differentiated instruction.
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After that, co-teachers must think
about the most effective processes for teaching and
differentiating instruction for each child.
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A member of the American Academy of Neurology, she stays abreast of the latest brain research and is passionate
about brain research — based teaching strategies that incorporate
differentiated instruction, work with the brain's memory systems, and wire the brain for success.
These informal assessment opportunities provide nuggets of information that can be powerful in helping teachers make decisions
about how to individualize,
differentiate, and personalize
instruction and organize mathematics and other classes.
Additionally,
differentiated instruction operates on assumptions
about a student's readiness, skill level, etc. that may not prove correct.
By asking
about the practices of all teachers in schools, we were able to examine the normative environment for using
differentiated instruction in those schools.
Whether we call it adapting, adjusting, or
differentiating instruction, having precise information
about student progress and the specific skills and concepts that need to be addressed instructionally is critical in targeting
instruction in a way that maximizes student learning.
«The detailed information I have access to
about each student's learning saves me time and enables me to
differentiate instruction appropriately.»
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In systems where leaders emphasize the routine use of formative classroom assessments to guide and
differentiate instruction, there is a dynamic shift in how teachers feel
about the importance and value of data as it relates to their own teaching.
As practicing classroom teachers, we discuss
differentiating instruction to meet the needs of each unique learner, but when was the last time you had a conversation
about differentiating assessment?
It can also be an effective way to
differentiate instruction by providing students time and structure for thinking
about a given topic, enabling them to formulate individual ideas and share these ideas with a peer, and ultimately the entire class / group (Simon, 2014).
This information concerning student progress allows them to make data - driven decisions
about how to
differentiate instruction to support each student.
In this clip from the PD Online course
Differentiated Instruction: Using Ongoing Assessment to Inform
Instruction Carol Ann Tomlinson talks
about the differences between assessment of learning and assessment for learning.
First published in 1995 as How to
Differentiate Instruction in Mixed - Ability Classrooms, this new edition reflects evolving best practices in education, the experiences of practitioners throughout the United States and around the world, and Tomlinson's continuing thinking
about how to help each and every student access challenging, high - quality curriculum; engage in meaning - rich learning experiences; and feel at home in a school environment that «fits.»
Using the practical tips on pages 104 — 105, think
about how you can craft preassessment strategies in order to adjust
instruction and
differentiate for learners» needs?
«She taught me
about Lexile scores and the power of
differentiated instruction.
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