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Differentiated Instruction
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"The teacher is one who made two ideas grow where only one grew before." Elbert Hubbard
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"DI is mostly about what we do ahead of time, not how we interact or conduct the lesson at the time. There are some good aspects going on in the classroom, but that facilitation can only occur with purposeful and thoughtful planning. I can make flexible decisions because I've already prepared the resources or other avenues in anticipation of student needs. Am I always prepared for everything? No way. I get better with time, however." Rick Wormeli
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"If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn"
Ignacio Estrada
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"You can differentiate your instruction if your curriculum is district mandated, if it is directed by state standards, and even if learning is measured by statewide basic skills exams...It focuses on essential learning, not on 'side trips' or 'fluff'...differentiating does not mean activities that are fun for students but don't focus on significant learning." Diane Heacox
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"Children already come to us differentiated. It just makes sense that we would differentiate our instruction in response to them" Carol Ann Tomlinson
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“An approach to teaching that includes planning out and executing various approaches to content, process, and product. Differentiated instruction is used to meet the needs of student differences in readiness, interests, and learning needs.”
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"DI is mostly about what we do ahead of time, not how we interact or conduct the lesson at the time. There are some good aspects going on in the classroom, but that facilitation can only occur with purposeful and thoughtful planning. I can make flexible decisions because I've already prepared the resources or other avenues in anticipation of student needs. Am I always prepared for everything? No way. I get better with time, however." Rick Wormeli
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"Sometimes the system goes on the blink and the whole thing turns out wrong. You might not make it back and you know that you could be well oh that strong; and I'm not wrong." Daniel Powter
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Every student has a bad day, and for some students those days happen more often. It is our responsibility as educators to ensure that we are paying attention to the children in our classrooms and making sure that we are working to better their experience in every way that we can.
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What it IS...
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- To differentiate instruction is to recognize students varying background knowledge, readiness, language, preferences in learning, interests, and to react responsively. Differentiated instruction is a process to approach teaching and learning for students of differing abilities in the same class. The intent of differentiating instruction is to maximize each student’s growth and individual success by meeting each student where he or she is, and assisting in the learning process. –Tracey Hall, Ph. D., Senior Research Scientist, NCAC
http://www.cast.org/publications/ncac/ncac_diffinstruc.html
- Differentiated instruction is a teaching philosophy based on the premise that teachers should adapt instruction to student differences…. Teachers should modify their instruction to meet students’ varying readiness levels, learning preferences, and interests.
- A BLEND of whole class, group, and individual instruction
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What it is NOT...
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- Just modifying grading systems and reducing work loads
- More work for the "good" students and different for the "poor" students
- A replacement of quality curriculum
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Overview
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This section will provide you with an overview of how differentiated instruction can be incorporated into your classroom.
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Theorists and Research
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In this section you will find information from different theorists and their research on student learning
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Literacy
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The importance of literacy and how to incorporate it into differentiated instruction.
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Teacher Preparedness
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Exactly how prepared are teachers for incorporating differentiated instruction into their classrooms?
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Learning Styles
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Your learning style is the way you prefer to learn. It doesn't have anything to do with how intelligent you are or what skills you have learned. It has to do with how your brain works most efficiently to learn new information. There is no "right" approach to learning. We all have our own particular way of learning new information. The important thing is to be aware of the nature of your learning style. If you are aware of how your brain best learns, you have a better chance of studying in a way that will pay off when it's time to take that dreaded exam.
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Strategies and Resources
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Resources designed to help assist in incorporating differentiated instruction into the classroom.
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Lesson Planning
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Instruction on how to create lessons that include differentiated instruction.
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