Differentiated Instruction

What is one characteristic of differentiated instruction?

• each student has an IEP

• multiple approaches to content, process and product

• providing homogeneous grouping

• individualized instruction

True or False: differentiated instruction is chaotic

• True - teachers loose control of their students' behavior because students are focusing on more than one approach to learning

• False - students are more focused and productive because of the flexible learning opportunities

Which of these statements is false:

• in a differentiated classroom there is constant assessing going on

• in a differentiated classroom there is review, and sharing, followed by opportunity for individual or small-group exploration, extension, and production

• in a differentiated classroom a teacher has to proactively plan for a differentiated classroom

• in a differentiated classroom there is no time for whole group instruction

One big misunderstanding about differentiating instruction is teachers think:

• it means giving some students more work to do

• it means giving some students easier questions to answer

• it means giving advanced students more questions and more difficult questions to answer

• all answers are correct

Complete this sentence: Differentiated instruction to a teacher means...

• knowing your students and meeting them where there is a need and planning with their success in mind.

• creating individualized instruction for each student so they can pass the state exam.

• putting students in groups and teaching at their level.

• teaching ESE, ELL and EBD students in one classroom with different lessons.

Continual assessment of students in a differentiated classroom setting allows for the teacher to:

• make students more comfortable with standardized testing

• assess whether the differentiation is working for the student

• teach students how to take tests

• create a stable testing environment

"Flexible grouping, making positive connections, social learning with peers, and "shaking-up" the classroom" is an example of:

• a teacher caring about students

• a teacher creating a monotonous learning environment

• a teacher creating new learning goals for students

• a teacher creating a responsive learning environment

A differentiated classroom is marked by:

• a repeated rhythm of whole-class preparation, review, and sharing, followed by opportunity for individual or small-group exploration, extension, and production

• having four centers that all students visit to complete the same activities in a week's time

• students assigned to groups by teacher based on their learning level of low, medium, or high

• students volunteering to answer questions; giving advanced students harder questions; allowing the struggling learner to skip questions; and flexible grouping

True or False: In a differentiated classroom, teachers are continuously learning about how their students learn.

• True

• False

True or False: "Student centered" is an example of a differentiated classroom learning environment.

• True

• False