Why
Differentiate?
- Build
self-efficacy - a "CAN-DO"
attitude
- A
new paradigm in education
-
New mission is learning
How Do Teachers Differentiate?
Differentiating Instruction
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Differentiate Content (Multiple options for taking in information)
- Preassessments,
ongoing assessment, and mastery assessment
- Compacting curriculum
- Acceleration
- Pacing
Differentiate Process (Multiple options for making sense of the ideas)
- Variety of learning
strategies and activities
- Give students
alternate paths/choices
- Students should use
varied complexity of graphic organizers
- Grouping strategies
- Provide variety of
resources
- Provide extension
activities
- Ongoing assessment
to modify strategies
- Provide frequent feedback
- Use learning centers
- Use technology
Differentiate Products (Multiple options for expressing what they know)
- Vary the complexity of product
- Reduce performance expectations for
students working below grade level
- Require more complex and advanced
thinking for advanced learners
- Offer a choice of products to
address
- Multiple intelligence strengths
- Motivate student learning
According to
Student's......
- Readiness
- Preassessment
and ongoing assessment
- Student
files and portfolio
- Learning Profile
- mi
study, right/left brain/
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Differentiation Specialist Linda
Hensley
Gifted Education Teacher, Greene County Schools