Differentiated Instruction

What does product differentiation allow students to do?

• Work at their own pace

• Demonstrate their understanding in various ways

• Engage with the content through multimedia

• Create a supportive learning environment

One student may be eager to learn about fractions because she is very interested in music and her math teacher has explained how fractions relate to music. Another learner may find a study of the American Revolution fascinating because he is particularly interested in medicine and has been given the option of creating a final product on medicine during that period. Another student may relate to Romeo and Juliet only after he learns that it parallels a familiar story from his own primary culture.

Above is an example of differentiated instruction according to students' ..........

• content

• process

• product

• readiness

• interest

"Students with less developed preparedness may need someone to help them identify and make up gaps in past learning so they can move ahead. Advanced students, on the other hand, may need to skip practice of previously mastered skills and understanding."

Above is an example of differentiated instruction according to students' ..........

• content

• process

• product

• readiness

• interest

Some students need to discuss concepts with peers to learn them well. Others work better alone and through writing rather than group discussion. Whereas some students learn easily from part-to-whole, others need to see the big picture before specific parts make sense. Some students prefer logical or analytical approaches to learning. Other classmates prefer creative, application-oriented lessons.

Above is an example of differentiated instruction according to students' ..........

• learning profile

• process

• product

• readiness

• interest

.......... describes activities designed to ensure that students use key skills to make sense of, apply, and transfer essential knowledge and understandings.

• content

• process

• product

• readiness

• learning profile

.......... is a student’s entry point relative to particular knowledge, understanding, or skills.

• content

• process

• product

• readiness

• learning profile

Differentiated instruction consist of...

• the interaction teachers have with students.

• the efforts of teachers to respond to a variance among learners in the classroom.

• the different professional development courses teachers take.

• the meetings teachers have with parents.

A teacher is differentiating instruction whenever he/she...

• takes professional development courses to learn more teaching strategies

• has personal meetings with students to learn more about their needs.

• reaches out to an individual or small group to vary his or her teaching in order to create the best learning experience possible

• talks to parents to know more about their children's lives at home.

When differentiating instruction, teachers should take into account all these elements, EXCEPT...

• Student readiness

• School principal's suggestions

• Students' interests

• Students' learning profiles.

Using tiered activities through which all learners work with the same important understandings and skills, but proceed with different levels of support, challenge, or complexity, would be an example of what kind of differentiation?

• Content

• Learning environment

• Process

• Products