Summary 3 Ways to Plan for Diverse Learners: What Teachers Do | Edutopia www.edutopia.org
1,174 words - html page - View html page
One Line
Differentiated instruction tailors teaching to individual student needs through diverse content, process, and product options.
Slides
Slide Presentation (5 slides)
Key Points
- Teachers already have the tools to differentiate instruction for diverse learners
- Content, process, and product are key areas to address during lesson planning
- Teachers can differentiate content by using various delivery formats and allowing students to choose their focus based on interests
- Process involves helping students make sense of the content through reflection and formative assessment opportunities
- Product differentiation allows students to choose from different formats or propose their own designs aligned with academic criteria
- Differentiation is a relationship between teachers and students based on readiness, interests, and learning profile
Summaries
18 word summary
Differentiated instruction meets student needs by connecting content, process, and product, using various delivery formats and offering choices.
56 word summary
Differentiated instruction (DI) involves connecting content, process, and product to meet the needs of all students. Content differentiation uses various delivery formats and chunking content, while process differentiation allows time for reflection and assessment. Product differentiation offers choices and clear academic criteria. Social media tools can help address learner readiness, learning profiles, and interests, benefiting students.
116 word summary
Differentiated instruction (DI) is a powerful tool for meeting the needs of all students, with teachers responsible for connecting content, process, and product. Content differentiation involves using various delivery formats and chunking content, while process differentiation allows students time to reflect and assess their understanding through strategies like Think-Pair-Share and journaling. Product differentiation is common, with teachers giving choices and setting clear academic criteria for student designs. Educators have many instructional tools to differentiate instruction, including social media tools. These tools set the stage for addressing learner readiness, learning profiles, and learner interests. Considering students' needs and reaching higher in practice can benefit students, highlighting the importance of the teacher-student relationship in implementing effective differentiated instruction.
303 word summary
Differentiated instruction (DI) is a powerful tool for meeting the needs of all students. Every teacher already has the tools to differentiate in powerful ways for all learners. The core of differentiation is a relationship between teachers and students. The teachers responsibility is connecting content, process, and product. Content, process, and product are key elements in lesson design and educators have many instructional tools that can differentiate these core areas of instruction.
Differentiating content includes using various delivery formats such as video, readings, lectures, or audio. Content may be chunked, shared through graphic organizers, addressed through jigsaw groups, or used to provide different techniques for solving equations. Students may have opportunities to choose their content focus based on interests.
Process is how students make sense of the content. They need time to reflect on and digest the learning activities before moving on to the next segment of a lesson. Processing helps students assess what they do and don't understand and is also a formative assessment opportunity for teachers to monitor students' progress. Some strategies include Think-Pair-Share, journaling, partner talk, Save the Last Word, and Literature Circles.
Product differentiation is probably the most common form of differentiation. Teachers give choices where students pick from formats and students propose their own designs. Products may range in complexity to align to a respectful level for each student. The key to product options is having clear academic criteria that students understand.
Educators have many instructional tools that can differentiate these core areas of instruction, such as 50+ social media tools, which set the stage for students to respond through the next three DI elements in this series: learner readiness, learning profiles, and learner interests. When considering your students' needs, reach even higher in your practice - that extra stretch is inside us all and students will benefit.