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Beyond Comfort Zones
"Students need to be pushed a little farther than
they're comfortable going." (Carol Tomlinson in the video,
"Differentiating Instruction - Creating Multiple Paths for Learning.") A
variety of strategies can be used, but two of the most predominant
include:
Tiered Instruction (creating a variety of learning activities and
assignments based on student readiness - Carol Tomlinson call this a
ratcheting up or down of the challenge level.):
http://www.doe.state.in.us/exceptional/gt/tiered_curriculum/welcome.html
http://www.bsu.edu/gate/Instruction/criticalquestions.htm
http://www.prufrock.com/client/client_pages/GCT_Readers/Math/Ch._4/Tiered_Lessons_for_Gifted_Children.cfm
http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/bestpractice/tiered/index.html
Below you will find a suggested
step-by-step process for tiered instruction:
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Identify concepts to be taught for a
given subject area.
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Develop learning targets or objectives
(what do you want students to know and be able to do)
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Develop assessments.
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Pre-assess student proficiency of the
targets or objectives.
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Determine what is to be adjusted or
tiered: 1) level of complexity, 2) number of facets, 3)
concreteness/abstract, 4) amount of structure, 5) pace, 6) amount of
independence, 7) amount of open-endedness (Tomlinson)
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Implement activities and give
assignments with consideration to type of grouping
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Conduct checks along the way
(assessments for learning) to move students to groups, which are fluid.
Modify instruction as necessary.
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Give assessments of learning
(summative assessments)
Click here to download a
sample tiered planning template.
Curriculum Compacting:
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ToolsforSchools/curc.html; http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/sem/pdf/Curriculum_Compacting.pdf
http://www.learnnc.org/reference/2082
Adjustable Assignments: Go to
http://books.google.com/ and search for adjustable assignments
Click below for adjustable assignment samples in:
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