Differentiation

Which of these describes differentiation?

• A bag of tricks or set of strategies that can be plunked into low-quality curriculum.

• Tailoring instruction in response to patterns in student needs.

• Writing individualized lesson plans for every student.

• More important for certain groups of students (Sped, ELL, etc.)

Which of these statements is TRUE?

• There is only one right way to differentiate.

• You have to differentiate all the time to be effective.

• Differentiation cannot include whole group instruction

• Differentiation encourages mastery for all students.

Which of these statements is FALSE?

• Gifted students can get differentiation by helping other students.

• Differentiation is for all students.

• Differentiation can happen during whole group.

• Students with special services require differentiation.

Which of these is TRUE?

• Assessment is not difficult when you differentiate.

• Differentiation is not fair to all students.

• Above-grade level students should be used as tutors for below-grade level students.

• Differentiation uses flexible grouping.

Which of these IS an appropriate way to group students?

• Students with special services sit together most of the time so they can work with the paraprofessional or co-teacher.

• Gifted students sit together most of the time so they can work on higher level work.

• Groups are mixed frequently and contain multiple levels of students.

• Groups contain multiple levels of students and stay the same for a 9-week period.

Differentiation leads to unbalanced workloads.

• True

• False

Differentiation is best for students who are in special education.

• True

• False

Gifted students need extension activities for every unit you teach.

• True

• False

Students that receive special education services or language supports can be gifted and/or get higher differentiated work sometimes.

• True

• False

Differentiation is making work easier/harder or giving less/more.

• True

• False