Topic #7: Brain Compatible Teaching (Pt. 3)

Differentiated Instruction:

One Size Does Not Fit All

http://www.zonesofregulation.com/

Sensory Rooms

Let’s Play:

The Deep Breathe

Sticky Fingers

Be a Hero/Carwash

Teacher Mindset

Or

StudentMindset?

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ProfessionalMindset

or

Non-professionalMindset?

Think

WinWin

How do we help students to get “in the zone”?

Working Interactively

Winning Independently

Teachers Need to Model

In everything they do

BIG QUESTION:

What DI Strategies can help us as teachers to meet the needs of our

students?

Options for Differentiated Instruction

How do we get to know our studentsBEFORE we teach them?

Myers-Briggs Personality Type

http://www.personalitypathways.com/type_inventory.html

Learning Styles Inventory

http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html

True Colors Personality Test

http://www.truecolorscareer.com/quiz.asp

Emotional Intelligence Inventory

http://www.ihhp.com/quiz.htm

Brain Dominance

http://brain.web-us.com/brain/braindominance.htm

Multiple Intelligence Inventory

http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/b/x/bxb11/MI/MIQuiz.htm

Visual/Tactile/Auditory Learners

» Learning Styles Test 1

I.Q. Tests

http://www.wizardrealm.com/tests/intelligence.html

The Gray-Wheelwright-Winer 4-letter Type Indicator Test

http://www.gesher.org/gwtest/gwtest.html

Kolb’s Learning Styles Inventory:

http://chat.carleton.ca/~tblouin/Kolb's%20Leaning%20Styles%20Mode

l/kolbs%20test.htm

Learning Task: DI Experts• Gather in your “Tech Teams”

• Create a “Concept Map” or “Mind Map” for the DI strategy that your team is assigned to

• Use digital tools such as https://bubbl.us/ or http://www.gliffy.com/

• Share using Twitter (#EDES340)

Mastery Learners: % of “at risk” - 12%% of population= ____

Interpersonal Learners:% of “at risk” - 63%% of population= ____

Want to learn practical information and procedures.

Like drills, lectures, demonstrations, and practice.

May experience difficulty when learning becomes too abstract or when faced with open-ended questions.

Learn best when instruction is focused on modeling new skills, practicing, and feedback sessions.

Want to learn about things that affect people’s lives.

Like group experiences, discussions, cooperative learning activities, role playing, personal attention.

May experience difficulty when instruction focuses on independent seatwork or when learning lacks real-world application.

Learn best when their teacher pays attention to their successes and struggles.

Understanding Learners: % of “at risk” - 1%% of population= ____

Self-Expressive Learners: % of “at risk” - 24%% of population= ____

Want to use logic, debate, and inquiry to

investigate ideas.

Like reading, debates, research projects,

independent study, making cases or arguments, asking “Why?”

May experience difficulty when there is a focus on the social environment of the classroom (e.g. cooperative learning)

Learn best when they are challenged to think and explain their ideas.

Want to use their imaginations to explore ideas.

Like creative and artistic activities, open-ended

& non-routine problem, generating possibilities

and alternatives, asking “What if?”

May experience difficulty when instruction focuses on drill and practice and rote problem solving.

Learn best when they are invited to express themselves in unique and original ways.

Numeracy

Add the %s into the blanks:

2%6%12%12%36%38%38%56%

What is your teaching style?

How will you teach your

students who have

different learning styles?

How will you differentiate?

THINK Differently

“If we want to have engaged brains in the classroom, we have to have an interactive environment”

…Spencer Kagan

“Fairness is everyone getting what they need in school”

…Martha Kaufeldt

“All kids in our society are at risk…Dr. Martin Brokenleg

“We have school-induced ADHD because schools aren’t brain compatible with the brains of today’s children”

…Dr. David Sousa

“Kids don’t start at the same place, they don’t learn in the same way,

and they don’t learn at the same pace”…Linda Darling-Hammond

“’At risk’ students are those who leaveschool before or after graduation withlittle possibility of continuing learning”

…Roland Barth

There are no ‘bad’ kids, justkids with ‘bad’ problems”

…Harold Brathwaite

“Students lose motivation to learn because they don’t have the skills to know how to learn.”

…Harvey Silver

“Fair isn’t always equal”…Rick Wormeli

“All children have intelligence. We have asked the wrong question. We ask how much. We need to ask what kind.

…Mary Meeker

Differentiated Instruction:

Think WinWin

What “WinWin” idea will you take with you today to help better meet the needs of your learners?