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Differential Instruction and Assessment for All Learners

Differential Instruction and Assessment for All Learners. Katie Sweeney and Nathan Fell Metropolitan State University EDU 310-01 Fall2013. What is Differential Instruction?. Differentiated Instruction is a grassroots movement to help

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Differential Instruction and Assessment for All Learners

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  1. Differential Instruction and Assessment for All Learners Katie Sweeney and Nathan Fell Metropolitan State University EDU 310-01 Fall2013

  2. What is Differential Instruction?

  3. Differentiated Instruction is a grassroots movement to help general education teachers meet a broad range of individual student needs.

  4. This includes the needs of students with learning challenges as well as high-achieving and/or students identified as gifted or talented.

  5. A Differentiated Classroom:

  6. A Differentiated Classroom: • Offers a variety of learning options designed to tap into different readiness levels, interests and learning profiles.

  7. A Differentiated Classroom: • Offers a variety of learning options designed to tap into different readiness levels, interests and learning profiles. • Where the teacher uses a variety of ways for students to explore the curriculum content.

  8. A Differentiated Classroom: • Offers a variety of learning options designed to tap into different readiness levels, interests and learning profiles. • Where the teacher uses a variety of ways for students to explore the curriculum content. • Employs diverse use of sense-making activities or processes through which students can come to understand and “own” information and ideas.

  9. A Differentiated Classroom: • Offers a variety of learning options designed to tap into different readiness levels, interests and learning profiles. • Where the teacher uses a variety of ways for students to explore the curriculum content. • Employs diverse use of sense-making activities or processes through which students can come to understand and “own” information and ideas. • Utilizes multiple ways a student can demonstrate what they have learned.

  10. How does D.I. look in the classroom? vs.

  11. Essential Components of Differentiated Instruction

  12. Essential Components of Differentiated Instruction Content: What standards/benchmarks need to be taught? How will they be sequenced so they are developmentally appropriate?

  13. Essential Components of Differentiated Instruction Content: What standards/benchmarks need to be taught? How will they be sequenced so they are developmentally appropriate? Process: What activities/learning experiences will I plan to help each student master the standard/benchmark?

  14. Essential Components of Differentiated Instruction Content: What standards/benchmarks need to be taught? How will they be sequenced so they are developmentally appropriate? Process: What activities/learning experiences will I plan to help each student master the standard/benchmark? Products: What will the students produce to demonstrate that mastery? How will the assessment be differentiated?

  15. Essential Components of Differentiated Instruction Content: What standards/benchmarks need to be taught? How will they be sequenced so they are developmentally appropriate? Process: What activities/learning experiences will I plan to help each student master the standard/benchmark? Products: What will the students produce to demonstrate that mastery? How will the assessment be differentiated? Environment: How can I organize the classroom environment around active learning and student engagement?

  16. How do we identify an individual student’s learning needs in order to effectively apply Differentiated Instruction?

  17. KNOW YOUR STUDENTS

  18. Let’s take a quiz! Yeah!

  19. Recognize Patterns

  20. APOPHENIA

  21. APOPHENIA the experience of seeing meaningful patterns or connections in random imagery or data

  22. VIDEO: http://vimeo.com/18842364

  23. Let’s do some activities! Woo hoo!

  24. Activity Rules: Listen carefully to the instructions for each station. Try at least TWO activities. HAVE FUN!

  25. Back to reality… …or your seats, please. Either will do.

  26. Summation: • Differentiated Instruction • is not easy. • Requires: • Curriculum Enhancement • Curriculum Modification • Accommodation • Adaptation

  27. Recommendations:

  28. Recommendations: • Start out slowly

  29. Recommendations: • Start out slowly • Plan collaboratively

  30. Recommendations: • Start out slowly • Plan collaboratively • Seek out resources

  31. Questions? Thoughts?

  32. Thank You

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