INDIVIDUAL

DIFFERENCES
In this module, challenge yourself to:

 identifythe different factors that bring about

diversity in the classroom.

 demonstrate a positive attitude towards

diversity as an enriching element in the
learning environment.

 come up with teaching strategies.

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
(Student Diversity)

Individual Differences Factors

Benefits of Diversity in the Classroom.

Classroom Strategies for Student

Diversity.
1. name: 8. favorite subjects:
2. age: 9. subject you are best
3. gender: in:
4. nationality: 10. subject you find

5. province: difficult:
6. language/dialects 11. ambition:(what you want
to be in the future)
spoken:
7. hobbies/interests:
1. In what ways are you and your classmates
similar?
2. In what ways are you and your classmates
different?
3. How does a girl differ from a boy in behavior?
4. In what ways does an American differ from a
Filipino?
5. How does life in the province differ from that in
the city?
6. Are you glad you have similarities?
differences?
 FACTORS THAT BRING ABOUT
STUDENT DIVERSITY
In all learning environments, individuals
interact with others who are in some way
different from them. It also comes from
other factors like the following:

 Socioeconomic status
 Thinking/learning style (module 8)

 Exceptionalities (module 9)
1. Students’ self-awareness is enhanced by diversity.

2. Student diversity contributes to cognitive

development.
“The classroom is peculiarly the marketplace of ideas.” –William J. Brennan

3. Student diversity prepares learners for their role

as responsible members of society.
“The classroom can provide more than just theory given by the teacher in a
lecture. With student diversity, the classroom becomes a ‘public place’ where
community can be practiced.” –Suzanne Morse

4. Student diversity can promote harmony.

1. Encourage learners to share their personal history
and experiences.
2. Integrate learning experiences and activities
which promote students’ multicultural and
cross-cultural awareness.
3. Aside from highlighting diversity, identify
patterns of unity that transcend group
differences.
“ Every human is, at the same time, like all other humans, like
some humans, and like no other human.” –Clyde Kluckholn cited in Wong,
1991)
4. Communicate high expectations to students
from all sub-groups.
5. Use varied instructional methods to
accommodate student diversity in
learning styles.
6. Vary the examples you use to
illustrate concepts in order to
provide multiple contexts that are
relevant to students from diverse
backgrounds.
6. Adapt to the students’ diverse backgrounds
and learning styles by allowing them personal
choice and decision-making opportunities
concerning what they will learn and how they
will learn it.
7. Diversify your methods of assessing and
evaluating student learning.
8. Purposely, form small-discussion groups of
students from diverse backgrounds. You can
form groups of students with different learning
styles, different cultural background, etc.
 Create an output in your most unique way
about LCP…

 Group 1: Cognitive and Metacognitive

Factors
 Group 2: Motivational and Affective Factors
 Group 3: Developmental and Social Factors
 Group 4: Individual Difference Factors