Differentiated+Instruction

=**Differentiated Instruction**=


 * Differentiated Instruction is based on the following beliefs:**
 * Students differ in their learning profiles.
 * Classrooms in which students are active learners, decision makers, and problem solvers are more natural and effective than those in which students are served a "one-size-fits-all" curriculum and treated as passive recipients of information.
 * "Covering information" takes a backseat to making meaning out of important ideas.

The key to a differentiated classroom is that all students are regularly offered CHOICES and students are matched with tasks compatible with their individual learner profiles.


 * Curriculum should be differentiated in three areas:**

1. Content: Multiple options for taking in information
 * Varied materials are used to support instructional content.
 * Align tasks and objectives to learning goals. Instruction is concept focused and principle driven.
 * The content of instruction should address the same concepts but be adjusted to meet the needs of diverse learners in the classroom.

2. Process: Multiple options for making sense of the ideas
 * Flexible grouping is consistently used. Grouping of students is not fixed.
 * Based on the content, project, and ongoing evaluations, grouping and regrouping must be a dynamic process as one of the foundations of differentiated instruction.
 * Teachers must consider organization and effective delivery strategies to successfully operate a classroom using differentiated instruction.

3. Product: Multiple options for expressing what they know


 * Initial and ongoing assessment of student readiness and growth are essential. Students are active and responsible explorers.
 * Each task put before the learner will be interesting, engaging and accessible and based on understanding and skills.
 * Vary expectations and requirements for student responses.

Hall, T. (2002). Differentiated instruction. Wakefield, MA: National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum. Retrieved January 2009 from www.cast.org/publications/ncac/ncac_diffinstruc.html


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