Get Started for FREE
Sign up with Facebook Sign up with X
I don't have a Facebook or a X account
 Your new post is loading...
Your new post is loading...
Scoop.it!
"Differentiation is adjusting and modifying what skills and concepts student learn, what materials the use, and/or how their learning is assessed based on the needs of the students. Our students are not all the same, so we cannot expect that teaching a lesson one way will reach every student."
Beth Dichter's insight:
This post from For the Teachers provides two great resources to help you look at differentiation in your classroom. The first is a detailed visual (Differentiation Planning Diagram) that looks at three areas of planning necessary for differentiation. * Concepts - The skills and concepts students will are expected to know or be able to do (at the end of a lesson or unit). * Assesments - How the students will demonstrate what they have learned. * Activities and Materials - The materials, activities and lessons that students will do or use to practice skills and gain information. There is also a great visual that provides 101 Ways to Show What You Know (which may be downloaded as a pdf). This visual has four areas that students may show their knowledge/understanding: * Visual * Written * Performance * Spoken You may find yourself printing out this visual and using it as a way to quickly consider a variety of ways students could demonstrate their knowledge. The Differentiation Planning Diagram may also be downloaded. 
|
Scoop.it!
"Differentiated instruction, the tailoring of educational experiences to meet individual learner needs, is nothing new. Hardworking teachers have always recognized the diverse needs of students and adjusted their instruction to account for them..."
Beth Dichter's insight:
This infographic (from Knewton) provides an overview of differentiation. It is divided into the following sections. * What is differentiated instruction? * Why differentiated instruction? * Differentiated instruction in schools * Differentiated instruction at scale Learning how to differentiate instruction effectively is not always easy, but it is a skill that we need to learn. This infographic provides an overview that may be helpful for you as a teacher, and it might be a good way to introduce parents to this concept if it is new to them.
Shradha Kanwar's curator insight,
October 9, 2014 5:18 AM
differentiated instruction is an imperative to maximise the learning experience |
We hopefully are all trying to differentiate, but sometimes we need that creative push and encouragement. This is a wonderful resource with printable infographics for coming work areas and links to concepts and other resources to really get you thinking in every direction outside of the box - each student will gain something out of you using this.
These differentiation flowcharts will prompt teachers to make good decisions around scaffolding of student learning.
Check out concepts, assessments, and activities for differentiation...