PDT 1-MLTL

What is one characteristic of differentiated instruction?

• each student has an individualised set of resources

• providing homogeneous grouping

• teachers provide individualized instruction

• multiple approaches to content, process and product

True or False: differentiated instruction is chaotic

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

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

Which of these statements is false:

• in a differentiated classroom there is no whole group instruction

• 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 there is ongoing assessment

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

One big misconception about differentiating instruction is teachers think:

• all are misconceptions

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

• it means giving some students more work to do

• it means giving some students easier questions to answer

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

• teaching students of differing readiness levels in one classroom with different lessons.

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

• knowing your students, meeting their needs and planning with their success in mind.

• putting students in groups and teaching at their level

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

• make students more comfortable with standardized testing

• teach students how to take tests

• create a stable testing environment

• assess whether the differentiation is working for the student

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

• a teacher creating new learning goals for students

• a teacher caring about students

• a teacher creating a responsive learning environment

• a teacher creating a monotonous learning environment

A differentiated classroom is marked by:

• having learning 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

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

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

• False

• True

Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Effective Differentiation?

• Accepting responsibility for maximising each learner's progress

• Using flexible grouping

• Customising the curriculum to fit individual students

• Tailoring instruction to assessmentindicated student need