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Differentiated Instruction and Assessment. Terry Brown - Westminster Justine Lytwynec - Beal Bob Neubauer - Beal. Building a Foundation Student Profiles Who are you teaching?. Learning Styles. Linguistic Logical – Mathematical Visual – Spatial Bodily – Kinesthetic
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Differentiated Instruction and Assessment Terry Brown - Westminster Justine Lytwynec- Beal Bob Neubauer - Beal
Building a Foundation Student Profiles Who are you teaching?
Learning Styles Linguistic Logical – Mathematical Visual – Spatial Bodily – Kinesthetic Musical – Rhythmical Naturalist Interpersonal Intrapersonal
Auditory Kinesthetic Visual
Do teaching strategies match learning styles? Do study strategies match learning styles?
Building a Foundation Community Building Getting to know each other.
Building a Foundation Talk About Assessment An athletics coach observed, “We don’t score practices.We score real games.”
Building a Foundation Talk About Assessment How are you marking? Practice with Feedback Safe to make mistakes Formative vs. Summative
Differentiated InstructionShifting Gears Student Centered Inquiry Investigation RAFT Role Playing Cooperative Learning
Problem-Based Learning • Introduce a problem to the students (Example: Video of student with epilepsy) • Students Brainstorm – causes, solutions • Initial Research • Students Create Research Questions • Mini lessons – deal with common problems
Cooperative Learning All Write Round Robin The Nervous System Not Cooperative Assessment Interview using presentation Test based on interview Assess individual communication skills
Differentiated Assessment • Modify existing Assessment tools to address different learning styles • Choice in how students show learning • Paragraph versus labeled drawing • Written versus verbal • Choice (Answer 5 of 6) • Formative and Summative
A Shift in the Assessment Process Teachers are there to help improve student learning (formative), not just to judge their learning (summative).
A Shift in the Assessment Process When students realize that teachers are there to help them learn….. Classroom management gets a lot easier.
Resources • TVDSB Website • Program • Student Pathways for Success • Learning Classroom • Resource Page (link @ bottom) • Edugains Website Iink
Markbook • How do you use Markbook? • Weight of Marks • Analysis • Average – the sum of all marks/total marks • Median – the middle mark • Mode – the most frequent mark