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Differentiated Instruction Resources
- Internet4Classrooms :: Differentiated Instruction
Features a collection of resources that help classroom teachers adjust their teaching process to their learners needs.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/di.htm - How to Differentiate Instruction
After having read what the research has to offer on differentiated instruction, specifically, brain-based research on learning, learning styles and multiple intelligences, and authentic assessment, you are now ready to plan.
http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/differentiate/planning/ - Differentiated Instruction
Discover how research into how students learn led to changes in how teachers teach -- and the differentiated model of education.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy042.shtml - Instructional and Management Strategies
Features instructional and management strategies to support differentiation in the classroom.
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/enriched/giftedprograms/instructionalstrategy.shtm - Strategies for Differentiating
Within the four ways for differentiating instruction there are embedded several other learning strategies which are used in conjunction with each other.
http://members.shaw.ca/priscillatheroux/differentiatingstrategies.html - Using Technology to Differentiate Instruction
This online presentation provides the rationale for differentiating using technology, as well as a multitude of examples that may be used in your classroom.**Be sure to click the next button to get more info on this site
http://www.lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/Differentiation/home.htm
(above resources from Eduhound.com's Ed Tech Resources Newsletter)
The following Resources are from ETLO's Differentiating Instruction to Accommodate Learning Styles Online Professional Development Workshop:
- What is Differentiated Instruction
Carol Ann Tomlinson defines differentiated instruction and offers suggestions for ways to accommodate individual learning styles.
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/263 - Differentiation of Instruction in the Elementary Grades from Eric Digest
Carol Ann Tomlinson offers suggestions targeted to the elementary grades
http://www.ericdigests.org/2001-2/elementary.html - Differentiating Instruction: Meeting Students Where They Are
Pay particular attention to the chart "What Differentiated Instruction Means for Teachers" and to the section "Laying the Foundation for Differentiated Instruction." This resource is from Glencoe.
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/subject/di_meeting.phtml - Differentiated Instruction Lesson Plan Template--excellent lesson template to plan by
- Differentiated Instruction, by Tracey Hall, Senior Researcher at the National Center for Accessing the General Curriculum.
- Reconcilable Differences? Standards-based Teaching and Differentiation, by Carol Ann Tomlinson, from the September 2000 issue of Educational Leadership
- A Differentiated Classroom, by Nancy Bosch
- Introduction to Learning Styles--by Marcia L. Conner from agelesslearner.com
- Overview of Learning Styles--from learning-styles-online.com
- Online Inventories to Discover Your Learning Style
http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/ILSpage.html
http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=questionnaire
http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/ts/stylest.html
http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lsi/lsitest1.html - Pieces: The Louisiana Department of Education Office of Professional Accountability has prepared an extensive document called Pieces to help teachers accommodate individual differences. This document, available at the LA Department of Education website in PDF format, contains information, inventories and strategies for different perceptual styles.
- Tapping into Multiple Intelligences--This article from the Disney Learning Partnership provides an overview of Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences. Be sure to read the entire section of this site by clicking on the "Next button" at the bottom of each page. Click on the video clips for more information.
- Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory
- Learning Styles Self-Assessments
http://leap.ubc.ca/get_started/self_assessment_quiz/index.php http://literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/b/x/bxb11/MI/MIQuiz.htm
Paper/Pencil Inventories:
http://www.spannj.org/BasicRights/appendix_b.htm
http://surfaquarium.com/MI/inventory.htm - Opening Classroom Doors Teaching Methods MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES--Describes using multiple intelligences to address the needs of students. Take time to play one or more of the videos to see how teachers are integrating multiple intelligences theory into their classrooms.
- Differentiating Instruction Finding Manageable Ways to Meet Individual Needs-- Describes a number of strategies to differentiate instruction based on learning styles.
- Multiple Intelligences Planning Chart
- Activity Chart for Multiple Intelligences
- Eduscape's Technology and Multiple Intelligences
- Multiple Intelligences and Technology
Assessment Strategies to Accommodate Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences - Authentic Tasks
- Recommendations for Developing Classroom Performance Assessments and Scoring Rubrics
- Online Assessment Resources for Teachers
- Kathy Shrock's Guide for Educators: Assessment & Rubric Information is a collection of useful sites where you can find sample rubrics or rubric generators.
- Other good sites for creating rubrics are
- Mapping a Route Toward Differentiated Instruction from Educational Leadership by Carol Ann Tomlinson
- Differentiated Instruction- A Hotlist of Websites
This site has a little bit of everything for teachers who want ideas for planning and organizing differentiated instruction in their classroom
Differentiated Instruction: A Hotlist of Websites--from the Flemington-Rarington School District--Ms. Dolly says that this is a pretty AWESOME DI site. Check it out!!
Differentiated Instruction--Explore links and articles that offer tools to help students learn more effectively and to help them enjoy the process. (resource from Capistrano, California Schools Website Resources)
Differentiated Instruction: A Tool for all Students--This site was designed to support schools in improving student achievement. (resource from Capistrano, California Schools Website Resources)
Education World's Strategy of the Week--Differentiated Instruction--Study the research that shows how student learning has led to changes in how teachers teach. (resource from Capistrano, California Schools Website Resources)
Education Topics: Differentiating Instruction--View multimedia lessons on differentiation that will help all educators. Each lesson includes a definition, short articles on the topic, audio and video files of experts and practitioners, and a listing of resources that can be used to advance professional development. (resource from Capistrano, California Schools Website Resources)
Teacher-to-Teacher Digital Workshops--Free online courses developed for teachers as a means of sharing research-based best practices. Several courses cover differentiation. Each 15-minute video course iincludes questions and tasks that foster understanding. (resource from Capistrano, California Schools Website Resources) VERY COOL--from the U.S. Department of Education's Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative
