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Includes scaffolded supports to help students “stretch” their thinking and is designed to elevate the rigor of learning while acknowledging student interests and individual needs and what is meaningful to them
Vertical differentiation is differentiating based on readiness, ability level, aptitude, or proficiency of a given topic or idea.
How does it support gifted students?
Keeps them engaged
Allows students to stretch their thinking rather than redo things they know
What do regular ed teachers need to know to implement?
Tell teachers that it’s OKAY to modify projects for the upper end of learners
Provide examples/discussion of ways to modify current assignments
Training on how to grade when using differentiation
Adjusting “up” what students know, understand, and do by providing challenging experiences where students are grappling with cognitively complex tasks that prepare them to create, practice, and think like an expert.
Not just about CHOICE but CHALLENGE! -Emily Mofield
mofield_vertical_differentiation.pdfBumping Up Bloom's Taxonomy.pdfThinking Routines
Divergent Thinking:
Interpreting a question and considering many different answers
Elements of Reasoning
Used to develop critical thinking skills, specifically applied to analyze, evaluate, and improve one’s thinking
Click to learn more: The Elements of Reasoning and Paul's Wheel of Analysis and Reasoning
Classroom Example:
ELA class reading The House of the Scorpion
Use elements of reasoning to ask gifted learners to examine the ethical considerations of human cloning in relation to the novel
Develop questions about the reading that require deeper levels of critical thinking for students in need of enrichment
Six Thinking Hats
The Six Thinking Hats “thinking strategy” developed by Edward de Bono (1987).
Used to promote parallel thinking and to help students look at a problem or decision from many different perspectives.
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