Learning and Teaching Learning Session 1 – Differentiation

Overview

Key Elements of Effective Differentiation Instruction

• ​Learning Environment and Differentiation​
• Curriculum and Differentiation​
  • Goal Clarity​
  • Focus on Understanding​
  • Engagement​
  • “Teaching Up”​
• Assessment and Differentiation 
• Instruction and Differentiation​
  • Readiness​
  • Interest​
  • Learning Profile
• Flexible grouping and Respectful Tasks​
• Components of Instruction Differentiation​
  • Content​
  • Process​
  • Product​
  • Affect​
  • Environment​
• Classroom Leadership/Management and Differentiation​

Note that differentiation related more to addressing students’ different phases of learning from novice to capable to proficient rather than merely providing different activities to different (groups of) students. -John Hattie, Visible Learning for Teachers.