differentiated Teaching and Learning

Differentiated Teaching & Learning

1. Building rapport with students
2. What interests our students
3. Learning objectives & success criteria
4. Lesson starter activities
5. Plenaries
6. Learning in groups
7. Differentiating the content
8. Differentiating the learning process
9. Differentiating the learning product
10. Differentiating the lesson plan
11. Giving feedbacks to students
12.  Managing a differentiated classroom

building rapport with students…

•      Students want their teacher to know them, to like them, & to set high expectations for their learning

what interests our students…

•      Students respond positively when learning is meaningful, personalised and relevant

learning objectives & success criteria…

If learners are to take more responsibility for their own learning, then they need to know:

1. What they are going to learn,
2. Why they should learn it
3. How they will recognise when they have succeeded

•      Learning objective must be a skill, not activity

•      Success criteria: i can …

1. Recognise the verb in the sentence
2. Add the word 'not' after the verb in the sentence
3. Respond to questions using negative verbs

lesson starter activities…

•      A strong start to a lesson ensures the ship will be steered in the right direction

plenaries…

•      Ensures a solid ending to a lesson

learning in groups…

•      Social beings – develop social skills

•      Improve academic achievement … noticeable with low-achieving students

•      Are more engaged

•      Different groupings

differentiating the content…

Give 30 students the same content and some will find it too hard, too easy & 'just right'

•      Reduced content

•      Simplified test

•      Accessible text

•      Link to students interest

•      Multiple intelligence

•      Vocab list

•      Word walls

•      Pictures

•      Dictionaries

•      Global connections

differentiating the learning process…

•      The use of choice … how the learning is demonstrated

•      Choice boards

differentiating the lesson plan…

•      Adjustment of T&L experiences to meet the needs of all students

•      Differentiation is not a strategy; it is a way of thinking

•      Knowing The Curriculum + Knowing Your Students + Think = Differentiation

giving feedbacks to students…

•      & Getting feedbacks

managing a differentiated classroom…

It is about creating an environment that supports the successful learning of a broad range of students

1. Managing groups
2. Managing movements
3. Getting teacher attention
4. Managing student output
5. Student self-management

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HJ KASSIM HUSIN
Pegawai Pendidikan Daerah
Marang, Terengganu.
http://www.moe.gov.my/ppdmarang/   e-mail: marangppd@yahoo.com