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EDU 673 Entire Course Strategies for Differentiated Teaching and Learning

Key Principles of Effective Differentiation.

Analyze the five key principles of effective differentiation and discuss which of the five will be the most
difficult for you to embrace with a fluid or growth mindset. What are the obstacles you see that
will inhibit implementing the principles in your current or future educational setting? Which of the five is
the easiest to accept? Why?
 Guided Response: Review at least two of your classmates postings and suggest ways that may help
them change their fixed mindset about the principle that is difficult for them to embrace. Share
examples from your own educational experience that address any of the five principles.

Educational Neuroscience. Educational neuroscience is an exciting new discipline that brings together
research from psychology, neuroscience and pedagogy to help educators make the best curriculum,
instructional and assessment choices for effective learning. Locate an article in the Ashford Online
Library that investigates findings from cognitive and neuroscientific research. Provide a brief summary of
the article and explain how the findings could be translated into what educators do in schools and
classrooms. Do the findings support differentiated teaching and learning? Why or why not?

Brain Research Supports Differentiation. In a three- to five-page paper (not including title and reference
pages):

a. Analyze how neuroscientific research findings and recent discoveries regarding how the brain learns
support differentiation in the classroom.

b. Discuss how insights into the learning process affirm the importance of differentiation.

c. Explain how the research findings can be translated into specific teaching strategies used in the
classroom.
Your paper must include title and reference pages, include at least two scholarly resources (in addition
to the course text), and be formatted according to APA style guidelines as outlined in your approved
APA style guide or the Ashford Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric located in the online course for the criteria that will be used to
evaluate your assignment.

Fluid and Fixed Mindsets. Souza and Tomlinson (2011) explain, Mindsets are the assumptions,
expectations, and beliefs that guide our behavior and our interaction with others(p. 19). A teachers
mindset is of utmost importance in the differentiated classroom. Think about your least favorite teacher
and consider what their mindset must have been. Share how you felt in the class and how the teachers
mindset affected your own well-being and academic success as a student. How did this teachers
mindset affect his or her teaching? What advice would you give this teacher to help change his or her
mindset? Or, think of your own mindset and how it affects the students in your classroom. Do you have
a fixed or fluid mindset? Are there areas where you need to improve or change your mindset? What
specific strategies can you implement to make your teaching more effective?

Effective Differentiated Curriculum. Visit the Discovery Education: Lesson Plan Library website and
locate a lesson plan that represents the grade level and subject area you are teaching or are interested
in teaching. In your discussion, post a link to the lesson plan that you have selected. Next, answer the
following:

a. Is the lesson constructed so students will be consistently aware of what they should know,
understand, and be able to do? Provide examples from the lesson to support your answer. If the lesson
plan is not constructed in that manner, how will you change it to make students consistently aware of
what they should know, understand and be able to do? Provide examples of the changes you would
make.
b. Does a substantial portion of the work assigned help students make meaning of what they are trying
to learn? Provide examples from the lesson to support your answer. If the work assigned does not help
students make meaning, how would you change the assignments? Provide examples of the assignments
you would modify.

c. How does the work that the students are asked to do support them in becoming thinkers and problem
solvers? Provide examples from the lesson to support your answer. If the work does not support
students in becoming thinkers and problem solvers, how would you modify the assignments? Provide
examples of your modifications.

Welcome Activity. Imagine it is the first day of school and you are welcoming a whole new set of
students to class. Create your own welcoming activity for the first day of school that demonstrates how
you will incorporate differentiation through a growth mindset. You are not limited to any particular
format, but you must address the following:

a. How you will provide a safe and secure classroom climate

b. How you will provide a positive learning environment

c. How you will meet the social and emotional needs of your students

d. How you will foster a sense of student ownership

e. How you will create empathy with your students

f. How you will provide students opportunities to succeed

 g. How you will eliminate student fear of failure and humiliation

Be creative! You can produce a document, you can create a video, a PowerPoint, a lesson, or you can
come up with your own way to meet the requirements. Whatever you choose to create, provide access
to your instructor by uploading all the necessary links or text in a document. There is not a page or
length requirement for this assignment, as that will limit your creativity. In whatever you create make
sure you have addressed all the required topics listed above. Provide the proper APA citation for any
sources that you use and include a title page and reference page(s).

Effective Assessment. Provide an example from your own classroom or from your past educational
experience of effective assessment. What elements made it effective? Did it lead to improved teaching
and learning? Why or why not? What was its overall purpose? Next provide an example of ineffective
assessment. What elements made it ineffective? What were the results of the assessment? Did it hinder
your learning? Lower you confidence as a learner? Change your motivation?

Summative Assessment. There are two types of summative assessments, those that assess
rote-knowledge skills and those that assess higher-level executive functions. Using the information in
your text and from your own educational experience, develop an argument that supports the use of
both types of summative assessments. Explain and defend the appropriate use of each type of
assessment. Finally, express your opinion on the use of high stakes testing (tests attached to funding) to
assess rote-knowledge skills on a national scale. Is the assessment valid? Is it appropriate? Does it
increase student learning?

Assessment and Differentiation. For this assignment you will need a lesson plan or unit that includes an
assessment. You may use one of your own, create a new one, or modify one that you find. Make sure
the assessment contains all the elements of effective assessment and then explain or provide measures
to show:
a. How it aligns to the essential knowledge, understanding, and skills of the targeted learning outcomes.

b. How students will be absolutely clear of those targeted learning outcomes

c. Why it is the right kind of assessment to measure what needs to be measured

d. Why it is a fair sample of the content to be assessed

e. How it emphasizes what matters most in the topic of study

f. How it works for the students who will use it

g. How it will provide an opportunity for students to demonstrate what they know, understand, and can
do

h. How you will provide clear and effective feedback

i. How it will lead to improved instruction

j. How students will benefit from the assessment

Make sure to identify the grade level and content area as well as appropriate learning outcomes or
objectives that are being assessed. There is not a page or length requirement for this assignment;
however be sure to address all elements listed above, and provide the proper APA citation for any
sources that you use. Include a title page and reference page(s).
 Student Readiness. After reading Chapter Five of the course text, create a checklist of the nineteen
guidelines for differentiating curriculum in response to student readiness as a separate document. You
can group the guidelines in whatever way makes the most sense for you. You are creating the checklist
to keep as a tool for use in your current or future classrooms. Once you have created the checklist,
upload the document in the Doc Sharing tool in the online classroom (please see the Course Materials
section of the online course for a brief Doc Sharing video tutorial). In the discussion post, identify which
five guidelines will be the most difficult for you to follow and explain why. Choose an additional five
guidelines that will be the least difficult for you to follow. Explain why. Include an example of how you
will implement the strategies suggested in those guidelines.

Student Interest. After watching the talks by Sir Ken Robinson (TED Talk Ken Robinson Says Schools Kill
Creativity, and TED Talk Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the Learning Revolution!), answer the following
questions:

a. Does differentiation make the difference between a good teacher and a great teacher? Why or why
not?

b. Describe a time when you were working on something or learning about something and it felt like
time flew by. How will you create that same experience for students?

c. How will you identify potential high-interest areas in your subject?

d. How will you build interest-based options in your curriculum?

 Differentiated Instruction for Student Readiness. For this assignment you will need a lesson plan or unit
that includes measurable learning outcomes. You may continue to use the lesson plan from Week Three,
or you can create a new one or modify one that you have found. Provide and explain differentiated
teaching strategies that are appropriate for a variety of students at different levels of readiness. Your
strategies must align to the learning outcomes. Make sure to include the following:

a. Differentiated access

b. Differentiated process

c. Differentiated product

d. Differentiated content

Remember to identify the grade level, lesson plan, and content area, as well as appropriate learning
outcomes and all possible levels of student readiness. There is not a page or length requirement for this
assignment, however be sure to address all elements listed above, and provide the proper APA citation
for any sources that you use. Include a title page and reference page(s).

Learning Style Debate. The four aspects of learning profile are controversial. Highly respected
researchers argue vigorously for the existence of cognitive styles or intelligence preferences. Other
noted psychologists argue that the construct of cognitive style or intelligence preference makes little
sense in terms of learning. In this discussion, we will briefly debate the validity of both arguments. First,
find your assigned Debate Group below.

Debate Grouping (by first letter of last name):

 A-L: For cognitive styles or intelligence preferences

M-Z: Against cognitive styles or intelligence preferences

Debate Process:

Using the information in the course text and from additional sources in the Ashford Online Library,
develop an argument that supports your assigned side and post it to the discussion. Then respond to at
least one peer from the opposite group with a critical evaluation of his or her argument. Propose one or
more counter-examples to highlight weakness of the disputed argument, or ask for additional evidence
to support the viewpoint. Finally, post your own (personal) opinion based on the arguments, research
and your own experience(s). Explain what you believe is the best way to differentiate for cognitive styles
or intelligence preferences.

Culture and Gender. Share with your classmates how you believe your own culture and gender influence
your teaching and learning. Do you believe your gender served as an advantage or a disadvantage in
your own academic experience? How about your culture? Explain how you will account for the ways in
which gender may affect your students learning. How will you adapt your teaching so that your
classroom will be a good fit for students from all backgrounds?

Differentiating for Learning Profile. For this assignment you will need a lesson plan or unit that includes
measurable learning outcomes. You may continue to use the lesson plan from previous weeks, create a
new one, or modify one that you have found.

For this assignment, make sure to address the following:

a. Explain and provide possible differentiated teaching strategies (aligned to the learning outcomes) that
are appropriate for a variety of students with different learning profiles.

Differentiated process

Differentiated product

Differentiated content

b. Explain how you will create a classroom that supports multiple ways to learn.

c. Discuss how you will add variety to your teaching.

d. Describe how you will help students develop a repertoire of approaches to learning.

e. Explain how you will help students develop the self-awareness needed to distinguish when an
approach is working for them versus when they should change their approach.

Remember to identify the grade level and content area, as well as the learning outcomes and all possible
levels of student readiness. There is not a page or length requirement for this assignment, however be
sure to address all elements listed above, and provide the proper APA citation for any sources that you
use. Include a title page and reference page(s).

Orderly-Flexible Learning Environments. Our text describes four kinds of classroom environments that
stem from teacher management beliefs and styles. Orderly-flexible learning environments are most
 likely to support differentiated instruction. Choose one of the following three kinds of classroom
environments:

a. Dysfunctional learning environments

b. Adequate learning environments

c. Orderly-restrictive learning environments

Provide an example for your classmates. You can find a video that shows the environment and post the
link, create a case study scenario that describes the environment, or you can relate an actual classroom
from your own academic experience that employed the environment. Next, describe the skills the
teacher will need to learn to change to an orderly-flexible learning environment. Lastly, reflect on the
skills you will need to develop in order to maintain an orderly-flexible learning environment.

Personal and Professional Growth. As you reflect on this course, what assumptions about differentiated
instruction have been confirmed? Have others been challenged? Which? What steps will you take to
modify your teaching strategies now or in the future? What specific goals will you set for becoming a
more academically responsive teacher? What do you believe is the best piece of advice you can give
yourself and others when it comes to differentiated instruction?

Focus of the Final Project

To create your Final Project you will be designing your own Professional Development Plan. You will
need to create a step-by-step timeline that shows your commitment to personal and professional
growth in creating academically and culturally diverse classrooms.
 Instructions for the Final Project

Using the exercises for personal and professional growth from Chapters Two through Eight of the course
text, create an eight- to ten-page (not including title and reference pages) document that includes at
least two goals from each of the following areas:

1. Mindset, learning environment and differentiation

2. Curriculum and differentiation

3. Assessment and differentiation

4. Student readiness and differentiation

5. Student interest and differentiation

6. Student learning profile and differentiation

7. Managing a differentiated classroom

Make sure to include the timetable for meeting the goals and a thorough explanation of how the goals
will be met. Address any obstacles that may keep you from reaching your goals and what you will do to
overcome them.