Differentiation
It's More Than Just Different
Differentiation: What You Need to Know
What Differentiation IS
Four Ways to Differentiate
What Differentiation Looks Like
What Differentiation Isn't
- Same assignment for every student
- Varying the level of difficulty for some students
- Rearranging questions to give the appearance of differentiation
- Grading some students harder, or more lenient, than others
- Giving advanced students more work or emerging students less
- Grouping students without a reason to do so
What Differentiation IS
- Flexible grouping with a purpose
- Tailoring instruction to meet individual needs
- Strategies that meet students where they are and help move them as far as possible on their educational way
- Student centered (It's not about you)
- Proactive (It requires planning y'all)
Four Ways to Differentiate
Content
Product
Learning Environment
Examples of Differentiation
By Content (Math)
By Process (Science)
By Product (Social Studies)
Learning Environment (ELA)
Differentiation (For All Content Areas)
Dare to Differentiate: Think of this as hitting the differentiation jackpot...twice.
Differentiation at the High School Level: Good information for all content areas
Differentiated Tools, Strategies, and Assessments for Social Studies,Writing, Reading, and Science Classrooms ♦ Grades 3rd to 10th: A lot of variety that can be adjusted to meet the rigors of high school
Examples of How to Differentiate Instruction in the Classroom
Websites and Apps that Support Differentiation
Differentiation by Content Area
Improving Science Instruction with Differentiation
Differentiating in a Social Studies Classroom
Differentiating in a Math Classroom
Differentiating Reading Instruction in an ELA Classroom
Differentiating in the World Language Classroom
Differentiating in the PE Classroom
Differentiating in the CTAE Classroom: Warning-This is a long document but if you scroll towards the end there are some useful strategies there