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IMPROVING INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE WITH DIFFERENTIATION
Sponsored by Teachers’ Center
Facilitated by Kim Lewis
May 12,
2014
Based on the work of
Carol Ann TomlinsonSlide2
Your Students…
come from different cultures
have different learning styles
come to school with varying levels of emotional and social maturityhave varying interests in both topic and intensityreflect differing levels of academic readiness in various subjectsall of the above can vary over time and depending upon the subject matterSlide3
SO…CONSIDER THIS…..
How does recognizing that kids perceive the world differently help us as practitioners
?
Does all learning look the same?Does all success look the same?Slide4
Goals for Today:
Review Differentiated Instruction
Take
away 3 new or “re-newed” strategies to use this month WHAT?WHY?WHICH? HOW?
Want more? http://www.ted.com/speakers/sir_ken_robinsonSlide5Slide6
What is Differentiated Instruction?
Take the slips of paper out of your envelope.
Sort them into two groups on your table
“What DI is” “What DI is NOT”Be ready to share the rationale for your decisions.IS
IS NOT Slide7
What DI is NOT
Separate learning goals for each student
Same assignments for all students
Single approach to learningAllowing students to skip questionsUnstructured or chaoticHomogeneous grouping that never changesUsing mostly direct instruction all the timeDifferent grading system for each student
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What DI IS :
Proactive
Flexible Grouping
Learning OptionsAssignment Choices based on learning styles or interestsOn-going AssessmentMatching Content to the LearnerMultiple Approaches to InstructionStudent DirectedSlide9
Keeping
a
Balance
It is not the goal of a teacher to differentiate everything all the time.Try to meet learners where they are in order to further their knowledge, understanding, and skill.Use student-selected and teacher-assigned tasks and working arrangements.REMEMBER: Curriculum is WHAT we teach.Differentiation is HOW we teach.
Fair does NOT mean equal…fair means everyone gets what s/he needs.Slide10
The Goal
:
“In a differentiated classroom, the teacher proactively plans and carries out varied approaches to
content
,
process
, and
product
in anticipation of and response to student differences in
readiness
,
interest
, and
learning profile
.”
Carol Ann TomlinsonSlide11
What Kind of Learner Are YOU?
Differentiation Based on Learning Profiles
Are you more like
a
beach ball?,
clip board?, microscope?,
or a puppy?
Conditions for Learning QuizSlide12
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Variety of Resources
Organization
Investigative Learning
Comfortable Environment
Choice of activities
Structure
Critical Thinking
Encouraging Atmosphere
Spontaneity
Visual Directions
Deep Explorations
Supportive Grouping
Personal Freedom
Sequential Learning
Analyzing Concepts
Respectful Colleagues
Extensions to activities
Clear Procedures & Expectations
Discussions
Empathic Listeners
Various Manipulatives
Consistent Routines
Focus on Details
Sensitive PeersSlide13
3 Ways to Differentiate Your Students:
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Readiness
InterestsLearning ProfilesSlide14
Refers to the way we learn BEST
Intelligence preferences
Verbal, auditory, kinesthetic, tactile, interpersonal, intrapersonal, right/left brain, etc.
Culture-influenced preferencesGender-based preferences
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Differentiation by Learning
Profiles:
Strategies:
VAK modality survey
Beach Ball activity
Learning style inventories
“How I Like to Learn” QuestionnairesSlide15
Differentiation Based on Students’ Interests can…..
Be a tool to engage students
Demonstrate a connection with them by focusing on something that is personally relevant to them
Can be a motivator for further learningFar West Teacher CentersSlide16
Strategies to Differentiate by Student Interests:
KWL Chart
Rank types of movies/books that student likes best
Show and tellInterest surveyAmerica’s Got Talent6 Hats Self ReflectionSlide17
What do they know?
How can I build on what they know?
How can I support them in the process?
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Provides teacher with
clarity regarding students’ prior knowledge
information about the students’ level of master of the unit’s new content to target instruction Slide18
Strategies to Differentiate by Student Readiness:
Informal
Thumbs Up/ Thumbs Down
KWL ChartsFour CornersResponse CardsClickersGeddit , Quizlet, etc.Teacher ObservationPRE- ASSESSMENTSlide19
Strategies to Differentiate by Student Readiness:
F
ormal
Frayer Diagrams
Graphic Organizer
Journal Entries
Quizzes
Student Self Rating Slide20
Readiness: Four Corners
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Path to
Differentiated
Learning
What is a strategy you use in your classroom to gauge your students’ readiness, interest, or learning profiles? Write your strategy on a post-it
.
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Place
a post-it on the color that best represents your
learning so far:Green – post something valuable you learned or “your” strategy
Yellow
– post a question you have still have about DI
Red
– post something you don’t understand from
first section
Using this method in your classroom
Survival Guide :
Differentiation 12 min
Frames for Discussion
Secondary Literacy 7 minSlide23Slide24
Lesson/Unit Design with
DI:
Teachers Can Differentiate by…
Through a range of instructional and management strategies Slide25
Differentiating
CONTENT
involves
Varying INPUT:How students will gain access to new learningReadiness
differentiation:
matching material to student’s capacity to understand it.
Interest
differentiation
: using materials that build on or extend student interest.
Learning Profile
differentiation:
using materials/methods that best match students’ preferred way of learning.
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LETS PLAY!
DI STRATEGY BINGOSlide29
How does Assessment relate to DI?
FIST TO FIVESlide30Slide31
Letsgeddit.com
TIERED Exit Card
Infinitely Reusable
FolderFor Practice & Assessment
Hint Cards
for
Scaffolding
Clipboards for
Informal AssessmentSlide32Slide33
Differentiating
CONTENT Examples:
I-Search
Learning ContractsLearning CentersCompactingInterest Centers/Groups
Flexible Grouping
Tiering
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Tiering
by Content
: giving students pathways aligned with their levels.Great strategy when you are able to use materials which are matched to student needs and readiness.
Same content but varying levels
ie
. reading levels, varied directions, varied materials/resources for task
All students explore same essential content but varied degrees of difficulty
Equally active
Equally engaging and interesting
Fair in terms of expectations (targeted to students’ readiness) and allotted time
Task incorporates key concepts, skills, and/or ideasSlide35
Differentiating PROCESS:
Student activities or opportunities for learning, understanding, and application
Students make sense of ideas and information when instruction:
Matches their level of readiness Causes them to think at high levels
Relates new ideas/skills to previous learning
Causes
them to use a key skill(s) to understand
a
key idea(s)
Is
of interest to them
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Differentiating PROCESS Examples:
Learning Logs & Journals
Graphic Organizers
Think-Pair-ShareTwo Sided Debates (Discussion Webs)
Jigsaw
Six Hats
PMI (pluses, minuses, interesting points)
Cubing
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Differentiating PRODUCT:
Refer to ways students will demonstrate their ability to use, transfer, and extend what they have learned.
Differentiated product assignments can be excellent forms of assessing student knowledge.
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Differentiating PRODUCT:
Choice Boards
4-MAT
PortfoliosIndependent StudyGroup Investigation
Orbital Studies
RAFTS
Learning Menus
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Check out the activities in as many folders as you canWrite your name on the list for any you want
Later ~with your certificate~ you’ll get a personalized (DIFFERNTIATED) folder of documents !
You can also sign on to computer and check out links on next page and print what you’d like to have Slide40
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Additional
resources
:
iPad TECHNOLOGYSlide41
The PRESENT requires us to remember:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_6GUx1Zx0w
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