Differentiated instruction
Lesson Observation:What differentiated instruction mean to you in your classroom?
In your observation, take note of how instruction is differentiated to meet the needs of all students and how students respond. Take notes without using specific names or other identifying information.
Use the following questions to interview your classroom teacher:
What does differentiated instruction mean to you?
Why should curriculum be modified to address the diverse needs of young learners?
What is the difference between accommodations and modifications?
What are some of the methods you use for differentiating instruction for students with special needs and special talents?
What do you find most difficult about differentiating your instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners?
How do you assess students that need differentiated instruction?
Ask three additional questions of your own about differentiated instruction.
In 750-1,000-words, include the following:
Summary of the lesson observed
How instruction was differentiated to meet the needs of all students; and
Students’ responses.
Analysis of the lesson observed
Effectiveness of the differentiated instruction; and
How to differentiate instruction for the children with special needs and talents.
Summary of teacher interview responses
Include all questions and responses.
Analysis of teacher interview responses
What you have learned from the responses; and
How what you learned will affect your future classroom.
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