Differentiation

Differentiation

Differentation

Diane Ravitch defines differentiating instruction as a form of instruction that seeks to "maximize each student's growth by recognizing that students have different ways of learning, different interests, and different ways of responding to instruction.    "In practice, it involves offering several different learning experiences in response to students' varied needs.   Educators may vary learning activities and materials by difficulty, so as to challenge students at different readiness levels; by topic, in response to students' interests; and by students' preferred ways of learning or expressing themselves" (p. 75).

• Assessment and Grading in the Differentiated Classroom by Rick Wormeli
  

• Assessment and Student Success in a Differentiated Classroom - Chapter 1:  Carol Ann Tomlinson and Tonya R. Moon share the first chapter of their book of the same name.  They provide key elements of an effective differentiated classroom, including "teaching up" and the role of assessment.
  

• Differentiated Classroom:  Responding to the Needs of All Learners - Chapter 1:  Carol Ann Tomlinson shares in this second edition of the book by the same name the hallmarks of differentiated classroom.

• Differentiation Central:  This website provides resources for differentiated instruction.

• Differentiation Is . . . and Is Not:  This infographic summarizes differentiation.  See the full-size infographic.
  

• The F.A.T. City Workshop - recommended by Rick Wormeli.

• 4 Proven Strategies for Differentiating Instruction in Elementary Classrooms:  Jill White shares how she has implemented differentiated instruction in her classroom.
  

• The Intellectual Life of Teachers by Rick Wormeli.

• Leadership for Differentiating Schools and Classrooms - Chapter 1:  Carol Ann Tomlinson and Susan Demirsky Allan share the first chapter of this book, including principles, vocabulary, diagrams and definition of differentiation.

• A Look at Differentiating Instruction - Tips for Teachers:  Learning Point Associates shared this article in February, 2009, addressing what differentiated instruction is - and is not..

• On Target:  Strategies that Differentiate Learning - Grades 4-12:  This booklet provides provide teachers with ideas and strategies to incorporate into their subject areas.  The suggestions are not intended to add additional steps to their content; rather these suggestions are simply ways for content teachers to meet the diverse needs of the students they connect with each and every day in their classrooms. 

• Patient and Tenacious Teaching by Rick Wormeli

• Reconcilable Differences?  Standards-Based Teaching and Differentiation:  Carol Ann Tomlinson shares how standards-based instruction and differentiated learning can be compatible approaches in today's classrooms.

• Teaching in the Middle - Differentiated Instruction:  Setting the Pedagogy Straight by Rick Wormeli

• There's No Time to Differentiate - Myth-Busting DI - Part 2 by John McCarthy

• Videos via YouTube on Differentiated Instruction:
• Can Skateboarding Save Education by Dr. Tae
• Classroom Showdown:  Traditional vs Differentiated
• Differentiated Instruction
• Differentiated Instruction
• Differentiated Reading Instruction with Carol Ann Tomlinson
• Differentiation and the Brain with Carol Ann Tomlinson
• New Teacher Survival Guide - Differentiated Instruction
• Rick Wormeli - Differentiation from Planning to Practice - Grades 6-12 - Part I
• Rick Wormeli - Differentiation from Planning to Practice - Grades 6-12 - Part II
• Rick Workmeli - On Late Work
• Rick Wormeli - Redo's, Retakes, and Do Overs - Part I
• Rick Wormeli - Talks DI and Reading Endurance
• Rick Wormeli - Talks DI and Time Management
• Tips and Strategies for Differentiated Instruction
• Two Misconceptions about Differentiation - Carol Ann Tomlinson
• What Is Differentiated instruction
• What Is Differentiated Instruction?  Examples of  How to Differentiate Instruction in the Classroom:  This article was updated January 6, 2016, and addresses teaching strategies for the classroom.

• Yes, Differentiation Is Hard So Let's Get It Right!   Peter DeWitt seeks to answer with differentiation the question, "Is watching students struggle because their needs are not being met easier than differentiating?"
  

This page was updated on August 13, 2016