Full Description
This updated edition of the best-selling Strategies for Differentiating Instruction offers practical strategies that allow all students to learn at appropriately challenging levels and make continuous progress by focusing on their various levels of knowledge and readiness to learn. Written in a teacher-friendly manner, the book presents strategies that can be used in any classroom to ensure that each student's needs are met. This third edition includes strategies for Common Core State Standards alignment plus new Developing and Assessing Products (DAP) tools for a variety of products. Designed specifically for teachers who are new to differentiated instruction, this book offers sound, practical advice for preassessing students, implementing differentiation strategies, and managing and assessing student learning. This book is filled with the essentials teachers need to know in order to differentiate instruction and address all students' needs, interests, and abilities.
Contents
Chapter 1 One-Size-Fits-All? You've Got to Be Kidding! Chapter 2 Multiple Ways to Define Academic Success What Resonates With You? Chapter 3 Climate Creating a Comfort Zone Chapter 4 Preassessment Who Already Understands It or Can Do It? Chapter 5 Tiering to Facilitate Continuous Progress Chapter 6 Tiering Learning Experiences With Bloom's Taxonomy Chapter 7 Tiering With Venn Diagrams Chapter 8 Think-Tac-Toe An Effective Tool for Tiering Chapter 9 Managing the Differentiated Classroom Chapter 10 Taming the Assessment Beast Chapter 11 Building Support for Differentiation Hard But Not Impossible to Do Alone References Appendix A What a Child Doesn't Learn Appendix B My Way An Expression Style Inventory Appendix C Interest Inventory Appendix D Bloom Chart Template Appendix E Venn Diagrams Appendix F Letters and Boxes Appendix G Think-Tac-Toe Template Appendix H Developing and Assessing Product (DAP) Tools Appendix I Study Guide About the Authors
