Differentiated Instruction

Below is a collection of useful DI resources which I categorised based on "summaries" or "tools" (Source: http://www.edugains.ca/newsite/di/edupackages/2016educatorspackage.html).

DIScrapbook_Summary_Complexity of Learning and Teaching.pdf

Summary 1 - Complexity of Learning & Teaching

A framework that contains the following components for responsive, effective and coherent practice:

  • Differentiated Response

  • Instructional Strategies

  • Learning Environment

  • Design for Learning

  • Pedagogical Content Knowledge

  • Assessment and Evaluation

  • Reflective Stance

as well as a summary of how we should

  • Assess Student Voice (to know learners better)

  • Differentiate Our Responses (by the way students learn/ demonstrate learning, and the conditions/ entry points for learning)

DIScrapbook_Summary_SSS_Key Indicators.pdf

Summary 2 - Key Features of DI

A summary of how DI involves

  • Students

  • Structures, and

  • Strategies

as well as key features such as

  • Flexible learning groups

  • Personal response and choice

  • Respectful tasks

  • Shared responsibility for learning

DIScrapbook_Students, Structures, Strategies_Knowing the Learner Cards.pdf

Tool 1 - Knowing the Learners Cards

A deck of useful cards that include checklists to help teachers find out more about students'

  • Readiness

  • Interests

  • Learning Style

  • Triarchic Intelligences

  • Multiple Intelligences, and

  • Environmental Preferences

DIScrapbook_Students, Structures, Strategies_Learner Preferences Inventories and Surveys.pdf

Tool 2 - Learning Preferences Surveys

A series of survey templates to help teachers profile students, such as:

  • Multiple Intelligences - "Smarts" Profile

  • Multiple Intelligences - Survey Corners

  • Learning Style - Survey and Profile

  • Triarchic Intelligences

DIScrapbook_Students, Structures, Strategies_DI Structures and Instructional Strategies Cards.pdf

Tool 3 - Structure and Strategies Cards

A deck of useful cards that include descriptions about various DI Structures such as:

  • Choice Boards

  • Cubing

  • Learning Centres

  • Learning Contracts

  • RAFTs (Role, Audience, Format, Topic)

  • Tiering

as well as Instructional Strategies such as:

  • Anticipation Guide

  • Exit Cards

  • Metaphors

  • Venn Diagram

  • Concept Map

  • Think-Pair-Share

  • Jigsaw

  • Thinking Routines: KWL, See-Think-Wonder, Claim-Support-Question, Think-Puzzle-Explore, Perceive-Know-Care About

  • Mind Map

DIScrapbook_Unit Planner and Lesson Planner.pdf

Tool 4 - Unit Planner & Lesson Planner for DI

This document contains a Unit Planner:

  • What do we want students to learn (Overall expectations + Prior Knowledge)

  • How will we know students have learned it (Success Criteria + Assessment Tools + Culminating Task)

  • How will we design to help students learn (Knowledge of Students + DI Response + Possible Learning Experiences)

and a Lesson Planner:

  • DI Details

  • Curriculum Connections

  • Assessment & Evaluation

  • Prior Learning

  • Materials & Resources

  • "Minds On" -> "Action" -> "Consolidation & Connection"