Differentiating Content for Teacher Learning

What is Differentiated Instruction?
5 Classroom Elements
Content
What we teach
Access to information & ideas
Process
How students arrive at understanding
Products
How students demonstrate knowledge
Affect
How students link thought and feelings
Learning Environment
How the classroom feelings and functions

What is Differentiated Instruction?
3 Student Characteristics
Readiness
Interest
Learning Profile

Differentiating Content
What students should know
Typically derived from multiple sources
In the classroom defined by standards and local curriculum
For teachers defined by self-interest and school improvement needs

Strategies for Differentiating Content
Readiness
Content at varied levels
Supplementary materials
Re-teach
Demonstrate ideas or skills
Use multi-media to support explanations
Use highlighted text

Interest
Use student questions to guide topics and materials
Use examples based on participant interests

Learning Profile
Present in visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modes
Use applications, examples, and illustrations from a wide range of intelligences

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Differentiating Content for Teacher Learning

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