This document discusses principles of individual differences and types of differences people can have. It identifies physical, mental, emotional, psychomotor skills, achievement, interests and aptitudes, and learning differences as types of individual differences. Factors affecting differences include heredity and environment. The educational implications are that not all students are the same, teachers should understand students' abilities and needs, and one teaching method does not work for all given individual differences. Schools can help meet these differences by understanding students, ability grouping, adjusting curriculum and teaching methods.

1. Principles of Individual
Differences
Kaye Dematera

2. Definition
“Individual differences stand for the variations
or deviations among individuals in regard to a
single characteristic or a number of
characteristics.”
-Carter B. Good

3. Types of individual differences

4. Types of individual differences
• Physical difference – Difference in acquired
physical characteristics.
• Mental difference - People differ in intellectual
abilities and capacities.
idiot, imbecile, moron, border line, normal, very
superior and genius

5. Types of individual differences
• Emotional difference - Individuals also differ in
the manner they express their emotions.
• Differences in psychomotor skills - Individuals
are found to differ with regard to
development and acquisition of one or more
types of skills.

6. Types of individual differences
• Differences in achievement - Differences exist
in achievement and in knowledge among
individuals.
• Differences in interests and aptitudes -
Variations occur among the individuals in
relation to the specific tastes and interests.

7. Types of individual differences
• Learning Differences - Some learn more easily
and are able to make use of their learning
more comfortably than others.
• Difference in attitudes, beliefs and opinions

8. Factors Effecting Individual
Differences
Trisha Nathalie Roma

9. Factors Effecting Individual Differences
1. Heredity
What occurs naturally as a function of the
genes
2. Environment
What is learned and communicated in
different cultures or other social groups

10. Educational Implications of
Individual Difference
Trisha Nathalie Roma

11. 1. In any group there are individuals who
deviate from the norms of the group.
2. Every teacher should try to have the desired
knowledge of the abilities, capacities, interest,
attributes, aptitudes, and other personality traits
of his pupils and in the light of this knowledge
should render individual guidance to children for
the maximum utilization of their potentialities.

12. 3. It is wrong to expect uniformity in gaining
proficiency or success in a particular field from a group
of students on account of their subnormal intelligence,
previous knowledge , back ground, lack of proper
interest, aptitude and attitude etc. some students lay
behind in one or the other area of achievement.
4. All students cannot be benefited by a particular
method of instruction and a uniform and rigid
curriculum.

13. Role of Schools in Meeting the
Individual Difference

14. 1. Proper knowledge of the individual’s
potentialities
2. Ability grouping
3. Adjusting curriculum
4. Adjusting the method of teaching.