Post on 16-Dec-2015
When a child enters your classroom / school at the start of the school year...
DI Fact Sheet
DI Definition
Let’s take a closer look
STUDENTS DIFFER IN:
How they learn best
What interests them
Readiness for the content
What’s the point of PAYING ATTENTION TO THESE STUDENT DIFFERENCES?
LearningProfile
MORE EFFICIENT LEARNING
ATTRACT ATTENTION GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT
Interest Readiness
Understanding your students will enable more effective differentiation.
What can be assessed?
LEARNING PROFILE INTERESTS READINESS
Social/Emotional Factors
Learning Styles Multiple Intelligences
Hobbies
Likes
Dislikes
Skills
Content
Concepts
Learning Profile
Social/Emotional Factors: Language
Culture
Health
Family Circumstances
Special Circumstances
Facts About Learning Styles
We tend to teach according to how we learn best. A teacher who is a strong auditory learner will prefer this modality when teaching—she might lecture more.
Most people do not use sight, hearing, and touch equally during learning. People develop preferences for certain senses as they learn.
Every lesson should be designed to include all three learning modalities: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. Think VAK for every lesson.
If a child is not understanding your lesson, you should reteach the concept to that child in his/her preferred learning style.
In a differentiated classroom . . .
The More Ways You Teach,
The More Students You Reach!
V A K
Multiple Intelligences
Verbal-Linguistic
Logical-Mathematical
Visual-Spatial
Musical
Bodily-Kinesthetic
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Naturalist
What’s the point of PAYING ATTENTION TO THESE STUDENT DIFFERENCES?
LearningProfile
MORE EFFICIENT LEARNING
ATTRACT ATTENTION GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT
Interest Readiness
What can be assessed?
LEARNING PROFILE INTERESTS READINESS
Social/Emotional Factors
Learning Styles Multiple Intelligences
Hobbies
Likes
Dislikes
Skills
Content
Concepts
What’s the point of PAYING ATTENTION TO THESE STUDENT DIFFERENCES?
LearningProfile
MORE EFFICIENT LEARNING
ATTRACT ATTENTION GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT
Interest Readiness
What can be assessed?
LEARNING PROFILE INTERESTS READINESS
Social/Emotional Factors
Learning Styles Multiple Intelligences
Hobbies
Likes
Dislikes
Skills
Content
Concepts
Differentiated instruction is not something new. Think of the one-room schoolhouse. Teachers faced the
challenge of finding different pathways to help a wide range of learners be successful.
What are some of the ways we are already differentiating instruction?
Important to note…
Using a strategy off this list or any other does not make a differentiated classroom, rather is it how it is used and with whom.
DI Fact Sheet