Unit 3: Useful Strategies for Differentiating Instruction
OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this unit, participants will be able to
- Identify strategies for differentiating instruction.
- Create lessons/activities that incorporate differentiated instruction while keeping the theory of multiple intelligences in mind.
- Discuss their specific classroom goals for differentiated instruction.
Strategies for Differentiating Instruction in the Classroom
Before we begin brainstorming different lessons and activities that we can use in our diverse classrooms to differentiate instruction, it is important that we remember what differentiated instruction is and what it is not.
- Differentiated Instruction is based on the belief that everyone learns differently.
- Teachers should strive to meet the educational needs of their students.
- Differentiated Instruction does NOT mean separating the "smarter" students from the "weaker" students.
- Differentiated Instruction is not accomplished by simply giving students choices.
Consider the subject area and content that you teach in your classroom. Do you already use strategies to differentiate instruction? When trying to brainstorm ideas and activities to further differentiate instruction consider the following -
CONTENT - What are you teaching?
PROCESS- How are you teaching?
PRODUCT- How will student learning be assessed?
Set a Goal for Yourself in your Classroom
Additional Information
Six Strategies for Differentiated Instruction in Project Based Learning
Culturally Responsive Differentiated Instructional Strategies
