What is Differentiated Instruction

 

  • §Teachers begin where students are ready to begin.

 

  • §Teachers appeal to different student interests.

 

  • §Students compete against themselves more than against other students.

 

  • §Teachers take students down different roads to learn the same material.

 

  • There is a philosophy for children which teaches them that hard work breeds success and that learning involves risk and effort.

 

  • Teachers use creativity and the art of teaching.

 

  • §Teachers modify instruction to meet student’s needs.

 

  • §Teachers celebrate differences in children as well commonalities.

Tools for Differentiated Instruction  28 page Resource Boook

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