Strategies for Differentiating Instruction

This updated edition *of Strategies for Differentiating Instruction* offers practical approaches that allow all students to make continuous progress and be appropriately challenged by focusing on their various levels of knowledge and readiness to learn.

Autorentext

Julia Link Roberts is the Mahurin Professor of Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University, the Executive Director of The Center for Gifted Studies, and the Executive Director of The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science. She is a teacher, author, presenter, and director of programming for children, young people, and educators.

Tracy Ford Inman, a consultant in gifted education, has presented on state, national, and international levels; trained thousands of teachers; published chapters and books including five TAGT Legacy Award winners; and worked with thousands of parents. Tracy is a current board member of the leading two national gifted associations as well as her state.

Klappentext

This updated edition of Strategies for Differentiating Instruction offers practical approaches that allow all students to make continuous progress and be appropriately challenged by focusing on their various levels of knowledge and readiness to learn. Written in an accessible, teacher-friendly style, chapters explore methods to tier learning experiences so that all students' unique learning needs are met. The new edition updates the strategies complete with student examples and provides Developing and Assessing Products (DAP) tools for a variety of products as reproducible appendices. Full of research-supported examples and designed specifically for teachers who are new to differentiated instruction, this book offers vetted, practical advice for preassessing students, implementing differentiation strategies, and managing and assessing student learning. This new edition is a must read for teachers seeking to master the essentials on how to differentiate instruction and address all students' needs, interests, and abilities.

Inhalt

1. One-Size-Fits-All? Yoüve Got to Be Kidding! 2. Multiple Ways to Define Academic Success: What Resonates With You? 3. Climate: Creating a Comfort Zone 4. Content: Complex, Engaging, and Relevant 5. Preassessment: An Absolute Necessity 6. Tiering to Facilitate Continuous Progress 7. Tiering Learning Experiences With Bloom s Taxonomy 8. Tiering With Venn Diagrams 9. Think-Tac-Toe: An Effective Tool for Tiering 10. Managing the Differentiated Classroom 11. Taming the Assessment Beast 12. Reflection: An Essential Practice for Lifelong Learning 13. A Differentiation Fable Appendix A: What a Child Doesn t Learn . . . By Tracy Inman Appendix B: Directions for Activity: How Do You Learn It? Appendix C: My Way An Expression Style Inventory Appendix D: Interest Inventory Appendix E: Bloom Chart Template Appendix F: Venn Diagrams Appendix G: Letters and Boxes Appendix H: Think-Tac-Toe Template Appendix I: Developing and Assessing Product (DAP) Tools Appendix J: Building Support for Differentiation: Hard But Not Impossible to Do Alone