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Differentiating Instruction: The Core of Instructional Practices
Presented by: Belinda Moore
created and prepared by: Belinda Moore
Differentiating Instruction: Purpose
Establishing an environment that contributes to the teaching and learning of a diverse student population
Selecting the appropriate instructional strategies and best practices to maximize instruction
The Goal: To provide many, varied opportunities for students
to demonstrate their knowledge and skills.
If we are to ensure equity for all our students, we must teach to the standards. At the same time, we must differentiate instruction and assessments to meet the individual student needs.
Differentiated instruction provides multiple entry points that all student of different abilities and strengths to demonstrate their knowledge based on what has been taught.
Points for Ponderous
How Do We BeginUnpack the standardsWhat should students be able to
do or understand?Common Formative assessment -
Focus on assessments aligned to the standards as a means to monitor student achievement and guide instruction.
Identify knowledge and skills
Differentiation Based on Learning Styles
Howard Gardner’s Nine Different Ways Students Show Achievement
• Verbal-Linguistic
• Word-smart
• Well developed verbal skills
• Sensitivity to the sounds, meanings, and rhythms of words
•Mathematical-Logical
• Ability to think conceptual and abstractly
• Capacity to discern logical or numerical patterns
Howard Gardner’s Nine Different Ways Students Show Achievement
•Interpersonal
• Capacity to detect and respond appropriately to the moods, motivations, and desires of others
•Intrapersonal• Capacity to be self-aware• In tune with inner feelings, values and
beliefs
Howard Gardner’s Nine Different Ways Students Show Achievement
• Musically
• Ability to produce and appreciate rhythm and pitch
• Visual and Spatial
• Capacity to think in images and pictures
• Bodily-Kinesthetic
• ability to control their body movements and handle objects skillfully
Howard Gardner’s Nine Different Ways Students Show Achievement
•Naturalist
•Able to recognize and categorize plants, animals, and other objects
•Existential
•Possess sensitivity
•Capacity to probe deep questions about human existence
Differentiating Instruction: Knowing Your Learners: Learning Modalities
Visual Learn by seeing
Auditory Learn by listening
Kinesthetic Learn by moving,
doing, and touching
Multimodal Learn best
through a combination of learning styles
General Principles of Differentiation
1. Ongoing Assessment and Adjustment
2. Flexible Grouping
3. Respectful Tasks
Teachers can differentiate…
ContentProcessProductManipulating classroom
environment to accommodate different learning styles
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