Individual Differences

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Individual Differences

• Meeting the Needs of Every Student in Your
  Classroom

2
Diversity In Your Classroom

• What are the types of diversity you seen in
  classrooms?
• What are teachers doing to address these issues?
• What has worked well?
• What has been problematic

3
Recommendations (Restatement of CAL Ideas)

• Modify the method (other avenues than reading).
• Offer a variety of materials instead of a
  one-size-fits-all textbook (but also change the
  tests!).
• Slicing (make the task manageable).
• Use our strategies.
• Schumm et al.

4
Framework for Investigations of Diversity in
EDUC-402

• A focus on the individuals in your classroom
• Teachers are now being asked to assure that every
  student in their classrooms learns. Leave no
  child behind.
• Increased need for careful assessment (not
  evaluation) and record keeping.
• Guided Instruction in Ability or Interest Groups
• Classroom Management for Groups

5
Keeping Assessment Data

• Example from our strategy work
• The need for pre-instruction assessments of
  background knowledge.
• Brainstorming
• Semantic Mapping
• Prediction Guides
• Anticipation Guides
• Block Program Work Samples

6
Guided Instruction

• Worksheets dont teach.
• Teachers Teach.
• Differentiating instruction IS FAIR!
• Failing to address the difficulties of
  low-progress students is a prescription for
  failure.
• Failing to provide enrichment for high-progress
  students is educational malpractice
• Teachers need to plan guided instruction in small
  groups designed to meet instructional needs

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Guided Instruction
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Guided Instruction Week 2