Differentiated instruction – i.e., tailoring the curriculum according to students’ interests, readiness and learning profiles – offers a considerable challenge to educators. That’s not only because of the time commitment required and the many strategies that may be implemented to satisfy a student’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) or Gifted Individualized Education Program (GIEP), but also to meet each student’s specific needs, above and beyond that. In a perfect world, every lesson in every classroom in the U.S. would be differentiated, in order to meet each students’ needs. That’s because students learn in different ways. Some are auditory learners. Some are visual learners. Some are tactile learners. The best educators recognize the differences, and teach accordingly. Read more on: https://dranthonyhamlet.com/how-educators-can-meet-the-challenge-of-differentiated-instruction/

1. Dr. Anthony Hamlet
How Educators
Can Meet the
Challenge of
Differentiated
Instruction

2. Differentiated
instruction
Tailoring the curriculum
according to students’
interests, readiness and
learning profiles – offers a
considerable challenge to
educators.

3. Some are auditory learners.
Some are visual learners.
Some are tactile learners.
That’s because students learn in different
ways...
The best educators recognize the
differences, and teach accordingly.
In a perfect world, every lesson in every
classroom in the U.S. would be
differentiated, in order to meet each
students’ needs.

4. There are so many
hours in the day...
Notes and tests are adapted.
Special projects are assigned.
Material is tailored according to
students’ learning styles. The
goal, as always, is to maximize
each student’s educational
experience and enable them to
reach their full potential.

5. Opening avenues to information by
tailoring text to students’ ability levels
Perfecting students’ grasp of
material by varying the pace at
which material is presented
The question is, what are the best methods for doing this, while working
within the constraints of a school day? Here are 5 key concepts:
Content
Process
Enabling students to demonstrate their
understanding of material by bookmarking
websites for research, each according to skill level
Product
Encouraging classroom participation;
creating an inclusive environment, and one
in which respect trumps all
Affect
Arranging furniture so that it might be used
to best effect by individuals, small groups
and the class as a whole
Learning Environment

6. The first of those groups, which consistently exceeds grade-level
expectations, is able to work independently in active learning, small
group, technology or silent sustained reading.
The second combines students who meet grade-level expectations
and those who do not, and as a result might need occasional
differentiated instruction. This group requires explicit instruction – i.e.,
modeling strategies and guided practice – over an extended period of
time before they are granted more responsibility for task completion.
Those in need of enrichment...
1.
Reading - a differentiated education approach
I use assessment data to divide the class into three groups

7. Crucial to the corrective-instruction process are Think-Alouds,
modeling behavior that involves reading aloud to students and
verbalizing what I’m thinking, so they understand the inferences I’m
making to comprehend the text.
The goal, of course, is that they too will eventually be able to meld
prior knowledge with that information reflected in the text to make
the necessary inferences themselves.
2. Those in need of corrective instruction...
Reading - a differentiated education approach
I use assessment data to divide the class into three groups

8. Students in the major re-teaching group are those who are
significantly below grade-level expectations, and require
substantial intervention. The majority of my English-language
learners (ELLs) tend to fall into this group, meaning they need
intensive instruction to learn vocabulary, as well as tools that will
enable them to learn on their own. This group requires more
planning before, during and after readings.
3. Those in need of major re-teaching...
Reading - a differentiated education approach
I use assessment data to divide the class into three groups

9. In short, differentiated education
is a matter of collecting and
analyzing data, and grouping
students accordingly. It is a
matter of understanding that
each and every student learns
differently, and as a result an
educator’s strategy must be
varied. It is a matter, really, of
meeting each student where
they are, so that their needs
might be met as well.

10. Dr. Anthony Hamlet
www.dranthonyhamlet.com
Thank You!