differentiated instruction by martha havens associate director for elementary pacific union...
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DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTIONBy Martha Havens
Associate Director for Elementary Pacific Union Conference
OUR GOALS FOR TODAY
• To walk away understanding the general components of Differentiated Instruction
• To decide where am I, as an educator, in a
continuum of Differentiated Instruction
• To make a choice and move myself, my students and my resources towards a Differentiated Classroom by starting at…
Differentiated Instruction
is a teacher’s response to learner’s needs
guided by general principles of differentiation such as
respectful tasks
flexible grouping
ongoing assessment and adjustment
GRAPHICAL DEFINITION
through a range of instructional and management strategies such as
according to student’s
Content
Teachers can differentiate
Process Product
Readiness Interests Learning Profile
Multiple intelligencesTaped materialAnchor activitiesVarying organizersVaried supplementary materialsLiterature circles
Tiered lessonsTiered centersTiered productsLearning contractsSmall-group instructionGroup investigationIndependent study
4MATVaried questioning strategiesInterest centersInterest groupsVaried homeworkCompactingVaried journal prompts
Allan, S.D. & Tomlinson, CA (2000). Leadership for Differentiating Schools & Classrooms. Alexandria, VA: ASCD
CONTENT: • Curriculum Guides• Standards• Key Learnings• Textbooks
PROCESS: How the teacher plans instruction
PRODUCT: How the student demonstrates mastery of the content
PREPARATION
ASSESSMENT
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Differentiating for Student Interest
Differentiating for Learning Profile
Managing the Differentiated Classroom
• A different lesson for each student each day• Giving all the students the same work or even identical
assessment all the time• Assuming that all students learn by listening
• Merely having Centers in the classroom
• Assigning more work to students who have demonstrated mastery in an area
• Only for students who demonstrate a need for acceleration
• Quantity but Quality
Differentiated Instruction is NOT:
Differentiated Instruction is a concept that makes it possible to maximize learning for ALL students.
It is a collection of instructionally intelligent strategies based on student-centered best
practices that make it possible for teachers to create different pathways that respond to the
needs of diverse learners.
Definition & Goal ofDifferentiated Instruction:
SDE: Las Vegas, Nevada; July 2010
IN OTHER WORDS…
Differentiated Instruction is outstanding teaching. Teaching that cares for the success of each individual student as a whole person.
It is Christian Education at its BEST!
What did Ellen G. White tell us about Differentiated Instruction years ago?
NOW IT’S YOUR TURN …
Where can you start and/or “fine tune”:
• Content ?• Assessment?• Planning resources?• What are my student’s learning profile?• What are my students level of readiness?• What are my student’s interests?• What strategies do I use? • Classroom management anyone?
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