Differentiating Content for Teacher Learning

What is Differentiated Instruction?

5 Classroom Elements

Content What we teach Access to information & ideas

Process How students arrive at understanding

Products

How students demonstrate knowledge

Affect How students link thought and feelings

Learning Environment How the classroom feelings and functions

What is Differentiated Instruction?

3 Student Characteristics

Readiness

Interest

Learning Profile

Differentiating ContentWhat students should know

Typically derived from multiple sources

In the classroom defined by standards and local curriculum

For teachers defined by self-interest and school improvement needs

Strategies for Differentiating Content

Readiness

Content at varied levels

Supplementary materials

Re-teach

Demonstrate ideas or skills

Use multi-media to support explanations

Use highlighted text

Strategies for Differentiating Content

Interest

Use student questions to guide topics and materials

Use examples based on participant interests

Strategies for Differentiating Content

Learning Profile

Present in visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modes

Use applications, examples, and illustrations from a wide range of intelligences

ExamplesSlideshare

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