This allows individual students to learn in the way that best suits them. Teachers are aware of differences in learning styles in their classroom. They provide several different ways for students to learn by varying the ways they teach content. They allow students to show what they have learned in several different ways.
What is the definition of differentiated instruction?
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The "what" of the differentiation process. This is what the student is learning and how the student will get access to the information at hand.
What is content?
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The "how" of the differentiation process. This is how the student will actually learn the content. This means they must make sense of the content or master the content.
What is process?
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This is how the student shows what he/she knows.
What is product?
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This is the "where" of the differentiation process. This is where the learning takes place.
What is learning environment?
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Content, process, product, and learning environment.
What does differentiation consist of?
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This must happen so that every student can get access to the material being learned.
What is the importance of differentiating content?
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vary the level of challenge, support, and time; focusing on the student's interests and needs; creating activities for small groups of students and the class as the whole; provide different content to be learned.
What are ways the process can be differentiated?
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rehearsing, drawing, applying, or extending.
What are different ways a student can show what he/she knows?
What are the components of an effective learning environment?
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Students are more interested in what they are learning because they are learning in a way which is comfortable to them. Students will also be more successful and more eager to learn in the future.
What are the benefits of differentiated instruction?
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auditory, visual, tactile, movement.
What are ways that content can be differentiated?
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Multiple students will be able to grasp the content and master it. They will be able to learn in many ways.
What are the benefits of differentiating the "how" or the process.
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Students will be happy if they can express what they have learned in their own way.
What are the benefits of differentiating the product?
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Students will feel more comfortable with learning, will have all the resources needed to learn, and will hopefully be excited to come to class everyday.
What is the importance of providing an appropriate learning environment?
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Not being able to suit every individual student's needs.
What is a struggle of differentiating instruction?
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A teacher must find and create multiple ways to teach a lesson. This will take a lot of time compared to teaching a lesson in only one way.
What is a struggle of differentiating the content?
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If a teacher is only teaching one way to the entire class, some students may become uninterested. The teacher must make sure they accompany every student's needs.
What is a struggle of differentiating the process?
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If a child raises their hand and answers a question about the lesson in class.
What is not an example of a child showing what they have learned?
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music is always playing, kids are always talking, there is only whole group instruction, there are no posters around the classroom.
What are examples of a non-effective learning environment?
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A teacher talks about a lesson, shows a powerpoint about a lesson, students read to themselves about the lesson, and allows students to do hands-on activities about the lesson.
What is an example of how a teacher can differentiate instruction in their classroom?
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The teacher gives the students a handout to read about the topic, shows a movie clip about the topic, and explains the topic through a hands-on model.
What is an example of differentiating the content?
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giving different groups of students different activities to do in order to master the content; giving one group a hands on model to work with in whatever way they choose and give them about fifteen minutes, giving another group about ten minutes to create a song about the topic , and giving another group five minutes to research a subtopic to find out more information about the topic. Then creating a worksheet for the whole class to do.
What is an example of differentiating the process?
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The teacher gives the students the option to give an oral presentation about the topic, make a model to describe the topic, or write an essay over the topic.
What is an example of differentiating the product?
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giving some students bean bags to lay on while they read, allowing some students to listen to music quietly while they work, allowing some students to get up and move around or sit on a yoga ball while they work.
What is differentiating the learning environment for different students?