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Differentiated Instruction. Differentiation Vision. Differentiation is the planned practice of building a structure that allows each student to reach maximum personal and academic growth. . What Differentiated Instruction Is and Is Not. Differentiated Instruction . IS.
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Differentiation Vision Differentiation is the planned practice of building a structure that allows each student to reach maximum personal and academic growth.
Differentiated Instruction IS • Something a teacher does in response to particular needs of particular human beings • Something a teacher does because it’s the thing to do IS NOT
Differentiated Instruction IS • Something that happens when there is a need for it • Something that happens every day IS NOT
Differentiated Instruction IS • For every student • Just for students with labels IS NOT
Differentiated Instruction IS • At the core of effective planning • Something extra in the curriculum IS NOT
Differentiated Instruction IS • Varied avenues to the same essential understandings • More problems, books, or questions for some students and fewer for others IS NOT
Differentiated Instruction IS • Systematic attention to readiness, interest, and learning profile • All or mostly based on academic level IS NOT
Differentiated Instruction IS • A balance of teacher choice and student choice • Synonymous with student choice IS NOT
Differentiated Instruction IS • A vehicle for ensuring student success with standards (Common Core based instruction) • Incompatible with standards IS NOT
Differentiated Instruction IS • Teaching Up • Supporting students in achieving at a level higher than they thought possible • An approach that coddles students • An approach that makes students dependent IS NOT
Differentiated Instruction IS • Within a classroom • Assigning students to cross-class groups based on assessment data IS NOT
Differentiated Instruction IS • Use of flexible approaches to space, time, materials, groupings, and instruction • Use of certain instructional strategies IS NOT
Differentiated Instruction IS • Focused on individuals, small groups, and the class as a whole • Individualization IS NOT
Differentiated Instruction IS • The antithesis of tracking • Tracking in the regular classroom IS NOT
4 THINGS to Differentiate • Content- What the students learn. • Process- How the students learn. • Product- This is the end result of student learning. • Learning Environment- What role does the physical learning environment play in student achievement?
3 WAYS to Differentiate • Based on readiness • Based on interest • Based on learning profile
Reference Tomlinson, C. A., Brimijoin, K., & Narvaez, L. (2008). The Differentiated School (pp. 5-6). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriuculum Development. Professional Development Support Wiki- • On your CMS Wiki, search PD Support • Click the red tool box labeled Differentiation • Click the red tool box again • Be amazed at all of the resources!!