Differentiated Instruction

Getting to the core of teaching and learning

Adapting my instructional practice to meet the learning needs of my students…

How can I differentiate…
 the learning environment-the way I set up the classroom?
 instruction and assessment-the ways that I help students learn new concepts?
 evaluation-the tasks that I design to help students demonstrate what they understand
and can do?

Students Structures Strategies

Readiness  Choice Boards  Identifying similarities

 Prior knowledge, skills—
including Learning skills,
experiences
Interests
 Personal, social and career
interests
Learning Preferences
 Environmental preferences
 Learning Styles
 Intelligence preferences
 Other…
 Cubing and differences eg. Venn
 Learning Centres or diagram
 Stations  Summarizing and note
 Learning Contracts taking eg. Mind maps
 RAFTS  Reinforcing effort and
(Role, Audience, Format, providing recognition
Topic) eg. Goal setting
 Tiering  Homework and practice
 Other… eg. simulations
 Nonlinguistic
representations
eg. Graphic organizers
 Cooperative Learning
eg. Jigsaw
 Setting objectives and
providing feedback
eg. Rubrics
 Generating and testing
hypotheses
eg. Inquiry processes

 Questions, cues &

advance organizers
eg. Thinking routines