Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn't Fit All

asked by hooked on November 11, 2006 12:14 PM

"A teacher-friendly guide to differentiating instruction based on sound theory and best practice."
Joanne Quinn, OISE
University of Toronto

"A practical, persuasive, and useful guide. Differentiated Instructional Strategies is highly recommended reading for classroom educators and a seminal contribution to Teacher Education supplemental reading lists and academic reference collections."
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Find the strength and uniqueness in every child!

Differentiated instruction enables teachers to plan strategically so they can meet the needs of each and every student in today’s highly diverse classroom … and now the best practices and techniques for differentiated instruction have been brought together in a single volume by two of the field’s most respected proponents.

Differentiated Instructional Strategies presents the practical techniques and processes that teachers can use to adjust learning based on individual students’ knowledge, skills, experience, preferences, and needs. The most recent and best practices in pedagogy--the ones that make a real and positive difference in student achievement--are explored in-depth, including:

Creating a climate for learning Knowing the learner Assessing the learner Adjusting, compacting, and grouping Instructional strategies for student success

A variety of curriculum approaches, including Centers, Projects, Problem-Based Learning, Inquiry Models, and Contracts are all featured, complete with explanations and examples. A planning model is included as well, to help teachers make the right decisions about instruction and assessment on an individual basis.

Differentiated Instructional Strategies is an important resource for any teacher, new or experienced, who wants to help every student in the classroom learn and succeed.

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Reviews

this book had a lot of information, but nothing that required an entire book to cover. there were a lot of "methods" and ideas to incorporate in the classroom, but the organization of the book made it cumbersome to follow the examples. If you are the type of learner who appreciates a ton of examples this would be a great reference.

reviewed by alexis on November 29, 2006 10:46 AM

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Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn't Fit All by Gayle Gregory, and Carolyn Chapman is great tool to compliment any teacher's personal resource library. As a novice to teaching and classroom instruction, I found this book to be very enlightening. The discussion of standards based classrooms, student expectations, multicultural & student diversity, cognitive variation, as well as societal and technological change is threaded though this book. This book defines a simple educational philosophy that success for any teacher is through assessment, effective planning, and effective strategical implementation to measure student performance. Today's classroom demands ongoing cirriculum development and adaptation to classroom instuction through best practices. The techniques in this book outlines a learner's needs, creating a receptive climate for learning, assessment, as well as various innovative strategies for cirriculum success.

reviewed by ronmiller on November 29, 2006 12:54 PM

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add a new book!