What is differentiated instruction?
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How can differentiation benefit students?
"At it’s most basic level, differentiating instruction means “shaking up” what goes on in the classroom so that students have multiple options for taking in information, making sense of ideas, and expressing what they learn. In other words, a differentiated classroom provides different avenues of acquiring content, to processing or making sense of ideas, and to developing products." How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed Ability Classrooms by Carol Ann Tomlinson
Instruction can be differntiated in four main ways:
Instruction can be differntiated in four main ways:
- The Content: The ‘what’ of teaching, knowledge, strategies and skills that students are expected to learn at each year level
- The Process: How you teach the content, but the strategies that encourage students to explore that content
- The Product: This is the end result of learning; it demonstrates what students understand and how well they can apply what they have learned
- The Learning Environment: This includes the physical layout of the classroom, the way that the teacher uses the space, environmental elements and sensitivities including lighting and heating, as well as the overall atmosphere of the classroom