What Parents Should Know about Differentiated Instruction3

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Summary

TLDRThe presentation on differentiated instruction, led by EIP teacher Most of Heights and Robertson, emphasizes the need for tailored teaching methods to meet the diverse needs of students in the classroom. It defines differentiated instruction based on Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson's research, highlighting the importance of understanding student differences in learning styles, backgrounds, and abilities. The framework for differentiated instruction includes setting clear learning goals, aligning instruction with desired outcomes, and using various instructional strategies. Practical examples illustrate how to create an inclusive learning environment that promotes engagement and equity, ensuring all students have optimal learning opportunities. The presentation concludes with a call for teachers to implement differentiated practices to enhance student learning.

Takeaways

  • 📚 Differentiated instruction is essential for meeting diverse student needs.
  • 🎯 It begins with a quality curriculum and clear learning goals.
  • 🧠 Understanding by design helps align instruction with desired outcomes.
  • 🔍 Assessments should inform teaching and adapt to student variance.
  • 👩‍🏫 Teachers can differentiate by content, process, product, and environment.
  • 💻 Technology can enhance learning opportunities for all students.
  • 🤝 Equity ensures fair participation and success for every student.
  • 📊 Tiered assignments allow students to work at their readiness levels.
  • 🌱 Celebrating all student growth fosters a positive learning environment.
  • 📝 Continuous review of curriculum and assessment design is crucial.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:09:41

    The presentation introduces differentiated instruction, defined by Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson as a teaching approach that considers student differences in a high-quality curriculum. It emphasizes the importance of addressing diverse learning needs in classrooms filled with students of varying backgrounds, abilities, and learning styles. The framework for differentiated instruction is established through 'Understanding by Design,' which focuses on identifying learning goals before instruction begins. The principles of differentiation include creating a supportive learning environment, using quality curriculum, and responding to student variance through various methods such as content, process, product, and environment. An example of a kinesthetic visual learner, Shelly, illustrates how to tailor instruction to meet individual needs. The speaker shares strategies used in their classroom, including learning inventories, multiple texts, technology integration, and varied assessment formats to ensure engagement and equity. The presentation concludes by reiterating the significance of differentiated instruction in meeting every student's needs and promoting optimal learning opportunities.

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Video Q&A

  • What is differentiated instruction?

    Differentiated instruction is an approach to teaching that plans for and responds to student differences in the classroom.

  • Why is differentiated instruction important?

    It is important because classrooms contain students with varying needs, learning styles, and backgrounds, requiring tailored teaching methods.

  • Who is Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson?

    Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson is a leading expert on differentiated instruction and has developed research-based practices in this field.

  • What are the four methods of differentiation?

    The four methods are differentiating by content, process, product, and environment.

  • How can teachers assess student readiness for differentiation?

    Teachers can use learning inventories and formative assessments to understand students' readiness and tailor instruction accordingly.

  • What role does engagement play in differentiated instruction?

    Engagement is crucial as it helps to motivate students and provides them with opportunities to learn in ways that interest them.

  • How can technology be used in differentiated instruction?

    Technology can be used through various software programs and online resources to cater to different learning styles and interests.

  • What is the significance of equity in the classroom?

    Equity ensures that all students have fair opportunities to participate and succeed, regardless of their individual differences.

  • What are tiered assignments?

    Tiered assignments are tasks designed to meet students at their individual readiness levels, allowing them to work towards the same learning goals at different paces.

  • How can teachers celebrate student growth?

    Teachers can celebrate growth by recognizing and praising all progress, no matter how small, to encourage a positive learning environment.

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    afternoon this presentation is what
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    spirits should know about differentiated
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    instruction my name is most of heights
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    and Robertson I am an EIP teacher at
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    flat shoals elementary in rockdale
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    county children
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    let's begin with a working definition
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    for differentiated instruction and the
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    definition that's given here on the
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    screen is by dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson she
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    is the leading expert on differentiated
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    instruction and she has laid the
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    groundwork through her research-based
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    practices and the definition that she
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    gives here is an approach to teaching
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    that advocates at this planning for
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    inattention to student differences in
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    classrooms in the context of high
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    quality curriculum and dr. Carol Ann
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    Tomlinson's work forms the basis for
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    this presentation that i will be sharing
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    with you today so why is differentiated
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    instruction important for teachers
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    classrooms are filled with students who
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    have different needs there are students
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    who have who are digital learners who
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    are auditory learners who are
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    kinesthetic learners and we must be able
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    to meet those needs students come with
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    different educational backgrounds and
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    ability levels students have different
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    attention spans and interest the day of
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    sitting yet has long passed students
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    must have engaging opportunities to
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    learn within the classroom and students
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    there are some students who come to the
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    classroom where English is their second
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    language we must have opportunities for
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    them to learn as well and then we have
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    students with different cultural
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    backgrounds
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    so before we move too deeply into
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    differentiated instruction we must
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    establish a framework for differentiated
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    instruction that we do this by
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    understanding since the concept that
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    Carol Anne Tomlinson and make ties call
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    understanding by design and
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    understanding by design quite simply is
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    when we look at identifying what
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    students will be able to know understand
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    and do first before we begin instruction
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    it's important to establish goals based
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    on the beat big ideas of the curriculum
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    and then the enduring understandings on
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    which students should focus we must
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    align instruction with desired learning
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    results we must communicate knowledge
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    and skills that students must have to
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    accomplish those goals we must plan
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    opportunities to explore interpret apply
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    and for students to self-assess we must
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    clearly communicate acceptable evidence
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    of understanding through rubrics for
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    example and then we must regularly
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    review the curriculum and the assessment
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    design so let's take a look at this
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    chart that dr. Carol Ann Thomason
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    created a differentiation I want to
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    begin with the general principles of
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    differentiation and the very first
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    principle is that it must occur in an
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    environment that encourages and supports
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    all learning styles whether it is
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    auditory visual or kinesthetic isma
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    support all learning styles must begin
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    with a quality curriculum assessments
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    must inform teaching and learning
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    instruction must respond to student
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    variance so when students don't
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    understand instruction must respond to
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    that and then leading students and
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    managing the routines and then teachers
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    can be differentiated differentiate
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    through four methods they can
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    differentiate my content the information
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    and ideas grappled with
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    to reach the learning goals by process
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    how students take in and make sense of
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    the continent by product how students
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    show what they know understand and can
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    do and then by environment the climate
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    or tone of the classroom must respect
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    all learning styles and then
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    differentiation we can differentiate
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    according to students readiness of
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    students proximity to specify learning
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    goals that's where those tiered
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    assignments would come in because all
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    students don't reach the same goal at
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    the same time according to students
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    interest that's their passion or
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    affinities or according to their
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    learning profile and we can also
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    differentiate through a variety of
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    instructional strategies that are shown
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    here we have scaffolding reading and
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    writing graphic organizers menus
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    tic-tac-toe and etc
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    now let's take a look at an example we
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    had Shelly she is a student and she is
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    primarily a kinesthetic visual learner
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    can affect me the bit she learned with
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    by movement or by use of her hands and
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    then visually seeing the concepts she's
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    an introvert does not like to speak in a
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    larger study that she tends to learn
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    floor than her peers so what is the
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    ideal learning environment how can we
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    differentiate instruction for Shelly we
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    can begin by modeling with the use of
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    manipulatives and then allowing Shelley
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    to demonstrate her understanding with
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    some intuitive she can work in the small
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    group or work with the partners that she
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    does not like to speak in a large group
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    setting she can use math manipulatives
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    as she's progressing through the
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    learning and then also worked with a
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    whiteboard tiered assignments would be
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    very beneficial for her that she'd want
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    to explore than others if she won't feel
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    the pressure to try to keep up and then
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    I'll austintx summative assessments can
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    be designed around Shelly's learning
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    styles
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    take a look at differentiation within my
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    classroom the very first thing that I do
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    is to begin with a learning South
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    inventory to get an understanding of how
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    my students learned then I'll move on to
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    the guys noticing what my students know
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    to make sure they have a prerequisite
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    standards will use multiple texts to
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    teach students interest I use computer
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    software programs things such as achieve
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    3000 Khan Academy learn billions of
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    assortment of computer software programs
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    that are available we'll use audio
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    visuals the Promethean Board recording
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    text very time allotment based on
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    student need well you steer the
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    assignment to students where they are
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    multiple strategies such as models
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    algorithms read aloud close reading
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    learning centers so that students can
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    explore learning based on their
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    individual interest graphic organizers
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    students able to work individually or
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    partner or work in a group and they will
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    have varied assignments in choice
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    product
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    engagement equity incentives are
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    important within my classroom in
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    reference to engagement I'll begin to
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    lesson with a hook and an essential
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    question that will be through an
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    illustration or a model or sometimes a
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    question will have learning centers with
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    a variety of activities based on
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    standards to engage students and those
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    will be computer-based will have
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    learning games we have practice
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    assignments for students and check their
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    work period assignments and students are
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    able to choose from among these centers
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    also with the classroom is a
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    goal-oriented classroom where students
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    established monitor and revise their
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    goals and they're able to track their
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    progress towards those visibly in the
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    classroom
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    in relation to equity impairment
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    fairness I encourage an environment of
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    respect of all learning styles i use
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    popsicle sticks for students for each
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    student response to ensure equity and
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    that every tech student have an
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    opportunity to participate or use
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    multiple assessment formats and then
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    students are praised for growth no
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    matter how large and small all growth is
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    celebrated and then finally all students
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    are my favorite all students are
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    respected and appreciated within my
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    classroom
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    greatly since I am an EIP teacher my
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    great informative and in nature and then
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    it's based on specified learning goals
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    based on George descendants of
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    excellence homework is not great it is
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    to reinforce the skills and the
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    standards taught so that for additional
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    practice at home all assessments are
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    based on established Christ here by
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    rockdale county public school system and
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    as I mentioned earlier it is formative
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    in nature and I give multiple
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    opportunities for students to
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    demonstrate mastery of the cylinder
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    so in summary differentiated instruction
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    it's important to meet the needs of
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    every student quality different shaded
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    instruction must begin with a quality
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    curriculum instruction student practice
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    assessment should be differentiated
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    based on interest abilities in the
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    learning profile of the students within
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    the classroom and equitable and fairness
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    practices should be implemented to
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    ensure every student has optimal
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    learning opportunities I hope you
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    enjoyed this presentation I hope you
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    have a better understanding of
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    differentiated instruction these
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    references form the basis of this
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    presentation for additional information
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    you can refer to these references or any
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    other books by dr. Carolyn Palmerston
Tags
  • Differentiated Instruction
  • Carol Ann Tomlinson
  • Teaching Strategies
  • Student Engagement
  • Learning Styles
  • Equity in Education
  • Instructional Methods
  • Assessment
  • Classroom Environment
  • EIP Teacher