2. What is differentiated instruction?
• Teaching students at
different levels within one
classroom
• Understanding what the
best way is for each
student to learn
• Challenges students
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them
3. What is differentiated instruction?
“Even though students may learn in many
ways, the essential skills and content they learn
can remain steady. That is, students can take
different roads to the same destination.”
~Carol Ann Tomlinson
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4. Why differentiate instruction?
• Students do not have the
same abilities and interests
• Students must learn content
and curriculum, however
how they learn it may vary
• Student success through
differentiation will
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well in school
5. How to differentiate instruction?
• Discover student
interests
• Observe and ask how
they learn best
• Give assignments that
are challenging but not
overwhelming
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6. How to differentiate instruction?
• Provide options to students
so they can choose what is
best for them
• Create different ways to
assess the different learners
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