Differentiated Instruction: Responsive Planning and Classroom Practice

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What is differentiated instruction?

A flexible teaching framework that offers varied ways to acquire, process, and demonstrate learning in response to students' readiness, interests, and learning preferences.

What does Tomlinson's view of differentiation match?

It matches what a student learns, how the student learns, and how the student demonstrates learning with the student's readiness, interests, and preferred mode of learning.

What is the difference between administrative- and classroom-level differentiation?

Administrative-level differentiation considers broader factors such as socioeconomic status and gender. Classroom-level differentiation adjusts learning experiences, such as content, process, product, or environment.

What is pre-assessment?

An informal, generally ungraded way to find out what students know, understand, can do, or are interested in before a unit so instruction can be planned responsively.

Name two ways to gather pre-assessment information.

Teachers may use interest or preference surveys and inventories, or gather information about prior knowledge using quizzes, discussions, checklists, portfolios, journals, or entry cards.

Quiz questions

1. When does assessment as learning occur?Answer: When students monitor and reflect on their own learning.
2. Which sequence describes backward design in Understanding by Design?Answer: Identify learning goals, decide what evidence will show learning, then plan instruction.
3. What is product differentiation?Answer: Offering varied ways for students to demonstrate learning tied to the objectives.
4. What is the purpose of the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)?Answer: To guide teachers in adapting instruction for English language learners.
5. Why should teachers be cautious about assigning students fixed learning-style categories?Answer: Evidence has not consistently shown that matching instruction to a presumed style improves learning.