Topic Differentiation Instruction on Activities

Research Questions 1. What differentiation strategies work best to deliver content to varying ability levels in the same class?

2. According to the learning style, how is using effective differentiation improve the students' performance?

Implementation Strategies
What When How Why
Think-Share-Pair Use task cards activity. This strategy helps the students depend on themselves because they
- 2 week First of all, provide a different task
nd
have the instruction cards based on their group level with exact steps
(Education Station) - 3rd week of the activity in one lesson. to follow.

Second, each group will have a card When I was in teaching practice, I noticed some students forget the
contain certain instruction they have activity instruction and what should do, so based on that creating
to follow to do the activity. For instruction cards helps students keep forward and follow the task in a
example, the red group have right way.
pictures to match them with the
right words. The green group will Using a task card strategy is beneficial because it helps the students
write a sentence based on the
follow instruction tasks in an arranged way.
images they have and do on.
Task card help the teacher to determine if the students have the skills
Lastly, each group will show us
their card and present what they did to work on the task or need a time to practice.
and how the card instruction helps
them.
 While the students working,
give them verbal feedback.
Grouping students Firstly, create groups based on the
based on a similar - 4 week
th students level.
learning style - 5th week
Second, design differentiation in the
activity task. Give each group the
right activity, which is appropriate
to their level and same as their
learning style.
Then, Give the students time to
discuss and express their activity to
us. That help to earn knowledge
between them.
Finally, students will work together,
share ideas and support others on
the activity. The teacher will
observe and give feedback..
It is a useful strategy because it lets students discuss with their
suitable groups and share their ideas.
Helps to make the shy students have a chance to discuss their
thought with their groups because they will work with the students
at the same level as them.
Helps the teacher to give feedback while working so that increase
students awareness.
It's a creativity strategy to use because it helps teachers achieve the
goal lesson correctly. After all, the students are different learning
styles. When they provide a similar learning style and
differentiated activity, it will help reach the goal lesson quickly.
"is a wonderful teaching technique that can improve student
engagement" (Douglas, 2019).

Using reinforcement I will use positive and negative

strategies. For - 6th week
example, positive, - 7th week
negative and
punishment strategy
(good feedback, star
of the class, miss
points and formative
reinforcement based on the students' Positive and negative reinforcement is an necessary strategy to use
group work. For instance, the green especially in education class because aids to motivate students to be more
group working on the matching activity careful.
will observe their work and give
feedback plus add points on the
ClassDojo for their fantastic work.
I notice that during teaching practice is using positive and negative
Moreover, for the red group they have
assessment). a puzzle activity, they have to match it reinforcement is a good strategy. First, it helps the students feel like there
so if the skip the activity and keep it is a competition between them and want to achieve good works. Providing
empty they will miss the point from positive support makes students feel high energy and work better to get a
their favourite program, ClassDojo
positive reinforcement instead of the negative reinforcement such as be a
points.
leader, earning points, and be the star of the class.
The teacher will observe the students
work and give feedback. Skinner believe that"positive reinforcement refers to introducing a
desirable stimulus (i.e., a reward) to encourage the behavior that is
The Teacher will use the Teacher desired" (Ackerman, 2020).
Assist program to provide the Actions
on it. For example, putting all the
students' name and the action such as
the positive reinforcement is adding a
point, give a star, leader of the class
and the negative reinforce is miss
points and give extra H.W.

Data Collection Tools

What When How Why
Artefacts (pictures of - Each - Take pictures for the - Artefacts are an excellent strategy because it shows our efforts and what we
students work or video week activity time when the achieved during the class.
recording) students work on the
differentiation activity. - Help present the students work and check if they understand the lesson by reviewing
 the activity pictures.
- Recording the session - It helps to provide the differentiation activities I created for the students based on
to show my works I their level.
create for the students
and present students - It helps to gain evidence and the pictures of the works I achieved because as a
work. teacher teach for a long day and forget to get some of our activity task pictures I
created. Also, if it was a good activity, I can use it for other classes.

- It helps to provide evidence for the PDP task of what we did as a teacher during
teaching practice time.

Survey tool At the end - Firstly, I will observe I choose this tool to help me know the students' thinking and what they are looking for
of each the students and know based on their answers.
week their thinking. After It is a useful tool to use because it gives precise results.
that, set the questions
for the students. Helps me to gather most of the responses at a specific time.
- Second, the questions
Help me to raise awareness and what needs or recommendation to focus on it for the
should be appropriate next time.
for the students to
answer and flexible. It is an easy tool to use, mostly it is done online.
- Let the students know
The survey tool is determined as a dependable and secret tool because it gives the
they do not have to
pupils a chance to respond honestly to help me study the result effectively.
write their names on
the survey to feel free
when answering.
Also, they can have a
chance to ask if they
have questions based
 on the survey.
- Lastly, share the
survey at the right
time that the students
free and can do. After
that, check the
students' answer and
the results.
Checklist tool - Each - Each week I will create The checklist tool is a necessary tool to use because it helps to organize our time and
week a checklist for the be a responsible person.
lessons I will teach.
The checklist tool motivates us to complete the task in an organizing way and take
- I will set the important
things I have to achieve action seriously.
at first and not forget
It helps me to keep forward and achieve my goals.
any points.
- Each item should be in It's easy to use and give me the ability to produce many things in one time and think
explicit instruction. clearly.
- After the lesson, I will
collect the data to see Checklist tool aids to maintain our daily task also motivate for taking action at the right
the result and what I time (Macpherson, 2020).
achieve.
- During the students' It allows the teacher to observe students work and check what they have done or still
activity time, I will need help.
check the checklist tool
to determine what I
follow correctly for the
activity part.
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