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What is Differentiated Instruction?
“Differentiation means tailoring instruction to meet individual needs. Whether teachers differentiate content, process, products,
or the learning environment, the use of ongoing assessment and flexible grouping makes this a successful approach to instruction.”
Before a teacher can differentiate the content, process, or product, he or she must first pre-assess their students’ understanding
of the concepts that will be taught.
A teacher can pre-assess:
Readiness
“A student’s entry point relative to a particular understanding or skill.”
Interest
“Refers to a child’s affinity, curiosity, or passion for a particular topic or skill.”
Learning Profile
“It is shaped by intelligence preferences, gender, culture, or learning style.”
A teacher can differentiate:
Content – what the student needs to learn or how the student will get access to the information
Process – activities in which the student engages in order to make sense of or master the content
Products – culminating projects that ask the student to rehearse, apply, and extend what he or
she has learned in a unit
Learning environment – the way the classroom works and feels
*Information on this page is from:
The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners by: Carol Ann Tomlinson
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