Based on the core components of differentiation that governs ALL quality instruction, begin to learn how to more effectively:
--Deliver appropriate curriculum content
--Inform your decision making
--Evaluate student products
--Implement instructional processes
--Use on-going assessements
This video highlights practices which research has demonstrated to be effective. It briefly explores the changes in educational paradigms, and presents specific ways in which differentiated instruction responds to the current challenges that are presented by diverse learners in today's classrooms.
Also incorporated is research--past and present--such as Multiple Intelligences; Principles of Learning; Cooperative Learning; Brain Compatible Learning; Curriculum Scaffolding; and Environmental Organization.
Learn how you can differentiate your classroom or train others to differentiate theirs, by observing the teaching and learning process in real classrooms, K-12. An accompanying Viewer's Guide provides you with a framework for practice and other supporting resources. This video will assist you in customizing your instructional practices so as to ensure that ALL students can be successful. Differentiated Instruction: A Focus on the Gifted targets customized practices that are most effective in classrooms that seek to challenge gifted/high achieving students.