Tag Archives: differentiation

Differentiated instruction in science

By Mary Bigelow | Published: July 17, 2010
I am a science specialist and I teach students in first through fifth grades. My school is becoming the resource room building in the district. I expect to have large class sizes, 25–30 students, with mixed ability levels. I could have as many as 12 special education students in one class. I’d like to try [...]
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You know your session is successful when…

By Mary Bigelow | Published: March 18, 2010
…audience members are hanging around, talking with each other and the presenters for 20+ minutes after the session is over. That’s what happened when three teachers from Denver CO described their efforts to “de-track” their science classes. Bonnie LaFleur, Matthew Anthes-Washburn, and Nathan Glover noted that a key component is differentiated instruction. They’re collecting data [...]
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Different strokes for different … students

By Debra Shapiro | Published: February 23, 2010
Educators with experience in differentiated instruction will share their techniques with you at the NSTA National Conference in Philadelphia.
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Differentiated instruction

By Mary Bigelow | Published: February 22, 2010
Consider the facility that students have with electronic communications and games. They somehow had to “learn” how to use these tools and figure out the rules and strategies of the games. But I heard some teachers talking about how “students do not want to learn.” The evidence the teachers had for their statement was their [...]
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