Resources - Pace, Challenge & Differentiation

Pedagogic bitesize resource from Fife Council.

In this video, veteran teachers Larry Ferlazzo and Katie Hull Synieski discuss the various strategies they keep in their back pockets for accommodating all types of learners during a single lesson.

Short video looking at Carol Ann TOmlinson's Differentiated Instruction Framework

This resource shares a collection of time-saving activities that will give structure to lessons.

This resource shares a case study around a framework to support learners to design their own thinking in the Early Years, Primary and Secondary settings.

A selection of downloadable factsheets and templates on different ways to plan writing including using a writing frame.

This resource shares how to use learning stations in the classroom to provide multiple ways to learning and understand concepts.

This resource shares how teachers from across the Northern Alliance, have used digital tools to support retireval practice.

This resource illustrates practical activies to improve learning and teaching skills. It will support improvement by utilising higher order thinking skills.

Examples of the types of questioning approaches that could be embedded in planning, learning, teaching and assessment within numeracy and mathematics.

A summary of key information, resources, professional learning opportunities and links for teachers to help them to identify and support highly able learners. 

A short practical guide to creating a language and communication Supportive environment in Early Learning and Childcare settings .

A selection of resources to support pace, challenge and differentiation through the use of Bloom's Taxonomy.

Resources sharing the use of 'Hot Starter' questions and activities that can be adapted to suit any topic or level.

How using wrong answers can improve and strengthen understanding. 

Think-Pair-Share is a powerful way to promote thinking and listening skills in learners and aid the staff in making each learner accountable for their learning and to get a quick and concise idea of who in the class understands the problem being discussed.

This briefing summarises research on differentiated learning and considers how it could be used to improve learner outcomes in numeracy and mathematics. It has a particular focus on meeting the needs of children from disadvantaged backgrounds.