Differentiated Instruction

Differentiated Instruction is designed learning experiences based on student readiness, interest and learning profile.

Differentiated Instruction is every student completing the same work at the same time in the same way.

Differentiated Instruction is not a new idea or an instructional strategy.

Differentiated Instruction is a way of thinking about & organizing teaching and learning.

Differentiated Instruction is a way to track students or make homogeneous groups.

Differentiated instruction is not flexible grouping including working alone, in pairs, student-selected groups, whole class, cooperative groups.

Differentiated instruction is giving some students "watered" down tasks and others more of the same work to do.

Differentiated instruction is all students engaged in challenging and respectful tasks.

Differentiated instruction is individualized instruction.

Differentiated instruction is when all students are exposed to key concepts, but at differing levels of complexity and depth.

Differentiated instruction is not on-going assessment & adjustment of instruction.

Differentiated instruction is not tests at the end of the chapter to see "who got it."

Differentiated instruction is not the teacher guiding the exploration of the subject; teacher as coordinator of the time, space and materials.

Differentiated instruction has the teacher as the primary provider of the information.

Differentiated instruction is fragmented teaching of unrelated skills.