DIfferentiation Glossary
Is It or Isn't It Differentiation?
Differentiation Logic
Who's Who?
Just Do It!
100
A teacher's response to student needs
What is differentiation or differentiated instruction?
100
one size fits all
What is "It isn't?"
100
Exemplar standards that define what students will be able to know, understand, and do
What is high-quality curriculum?
100
Propelled the theories of differentiation to the forefront of education
Who is Carol Ann Tomlinson?
100
Areas set up in the classroom with learning activities directed at multiple modalities and readiness levels
What are learning centers?
200
The "what we teach" as opposed to "the how we teach."
What is content?
200
a blend of whole class, individual, and group instruction
What is "It is?"
200
Grouping or re-grouping students according to specific goals and needs
What is flexible grouping?
200
Identified six levels within the cognitive domain
Who is Benjamin Bloom?
200
A menu of options that vary by process and interest
What are student choice boards?
300
The "how" students make sense of content
What is process?
300
student-centered
What is "It is?"
300
On-going collection of formal, informal, formative, and summative data
What is continuous assessment?
300
Developed the theory of multiple intelligences
Who is Howard Gardner?
300
Allowing students to produce their own assignments as long as the assignments contain required elements.
What are Products?
400
The way the classroom feels and functions
What is learning environment?
400
chaotic
What is "It isn't?"
400
When every student's work is equally engaging, appealing, and important
What are "respectful tasks?"
400
The leading founder of cooperative learning strategies in the classroom?
Who is Spencer Kagan?
400
Parallel tasks at multiple levels of depth and complexity with varied degrees of scaffolding and support
What are tiered assignments?
500
What the student needs to learn or how the students will get access to the information.
What Content?
500
Different levels of activity with same essential goals
What is "Is It"
500
Learning styles to get to know our learners are through readiness, learning style, and interest.
What is "Is It"?
500
Grouping students by multiple intelligences using differentiated instructional strategies.
Who is Bloom?
500
Setting clear guidelines for independent work that matches individual needs.
What is Learning Environment?
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