Differentiated+Instruction

toc = **DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION...JUST ANOTHER WAY TO SAY BEST PRACTICES!** =

**PDE Recognized Effective Strategies to improve student achievement:**




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Here's a little info on Problem-Based Learning and how it can work in the classroom:




[|Genius in the Inclusive Classroom]
There are several possible definitions for what differentiated instruction looks like. How will you know it when you see it?

Instruction is differentiated when students have multiple ways to...
 * Access what they need to learn.
 * Process what they are learning [[image:CastANet.jpg width="268" height="173" align="right"]]
 * Show evidence of what they have learned.


 * A simple analogy is that of casting a wider net rather than dangling a worm on a hook.**
 * Only certain fish want that bait, instead catch as many as you can.**

It aligns well with other educational topics such as...
 * Inclusion
 * Multiple Intelligences
 * Formative assessment
 * Best practices

DIFFERENTIATED ACTIVITIES...
Here' an activity that embodies principles of differentiated instruction. It involves a simple change to a series of questions that //could// be given like typical left to right up and down text. However we can display the questions in a radial format that engages a greater variety of learning styles. There is an example using the topic of the French Revolution as well as a blank slate any teacher can download and format to whatever they are teaching. Note that both documents are in MS Word 2007 format.
 * Word Webs**