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Differentiated Instruction



"Differentiated instruction is a teaching philosophy based on the premise that teachers should adapt instruction to student differences. Rather than marching students through the curriculum in lockstep, teachers should modify their instruction to meet students' varying readiness levels, learning preferences, and interests. Therefore, the teacher proactively plans a variety of ways to 'get at' and express learning."
--Carol Ann Tomlinson

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Learning Profile Websites

Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire, North Carolina University
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/
learningstyles/ilsweb.html
 
Learning Disabilities Pride
(click on the Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligence link at the top)
http://www.ldpride.net/
 
Multiple Intelligences Checklists/Inventories/Surveys
http://www.igs.net/~cmorris/
inventories_on_mi.html
 
Pictorial MI Surveys
(scroll to Multiple Intelligence Inventories for Early Childhood, Grades 4-8, Adolescent-Adult)
http://gse.gmu.edu/research/mirs/
miresources/

R.A.F.T.S.

R.A.F.T.S.
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/
instr/strats/raft/
 
Language Arts Activities
(scroll to RAFTS)
http://www.earth.uni.edu/EECP/
mid/mod3_la.html
 
R.A.F.T.S. Gallery
http://www.geocities.com/
writingprocess/gallery.htm
 
Reading Strategies: RAFT
http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/
instruction/ela/6-12/Reading/Reading
%20Strategies/RAFT.htm
 
RAFT: Role/Audience/Format/Topic
http://www.tantasqua.org/
Superintendent/Profdevelopment/
etraft.html
 
RAFTS Writing Project
http://www.cyberlearning-world.com/
nhhs/html3/rafts.htm
 
WritingFix: RAFTS Writing Prompts
http://www.writingfix.com/WAC/
Writing_Across_Curriculum_
RAFTS_Math.htm
 
Literacy Tips: RAFT(S)
http://www.asd.k12.ak.us/MiddleLink/
LA/tips/PDF/43_RAFT.pdf
 
RAFT Assignment Rubric
http://www.branford.k12.ct.us/user/
site/staff/cmiller/docs/Raft%
20Rubric.doc
 
University of North Carolina RAFT Rubric
http://docsouth.unc.edu/classroom/
lessonplans/RAFT.html
 
Evaluation Techniques: National Computational Science Leadership Program
http://www.ncsec.org/cadre2/
team6_2/evaluation.html

Strategies

Access Center
http:///www.k8accesscenter.org/
index.php/category/differentiated-instruction
 
ASCD – Resources for Differentiated Instruction
http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/
menuitem.3adeebc6736780dddeb3ffd
b62108a0c/
 
Bloom’s Taxonomy Verb List
http://cs1.mcm.edu/%7Eawyatt/
csc3315/bloom.htm
 
Cognitive Verbs List
http://www.wilmette39.org/
DI39/verbs.html
 
Differentiated Assessment and Grading
http://www.u46.k12.il.us/it/greg
anthonystrainingsite/19098.htm

Differentiated Instruction
http://www.cast.org/publications/
ncac/ncac_diffinstruc.html
Differentiated Instruction overview.
 
Differentiated Instruction
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/
di.htm
 
Differentiated Instruction: A hotlist of Websites
http://www.frsd.k12.nj.us/rfmslibrary
lab/di/differentiated_instruction.htm
A list of websites related to differentiated instruction.
 
Differentiated Instruction Strategies and Tools
http://www.aboutlearning.com/4mat-
for-differentiated-instruction.htm
A guide to differentiated instruction.
 
Differentiated Reading Instruction
http://www.fcrr.org/assessment/
pdf/smallGroupAlternativeLesson
Structures.pdf
Small Group Alternative Lesson Structures for All Students Florida Center for Reading Research (A Guidance Document for Florida Reading First Schools)
 
Differentiating Instruction: Meeting Students Where They Are
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teaching
today/subject/di_meeting.phtml
 
Differentiating for Tweens
Differentiating for Tweens
 
Flexible Grouping
http://www.wilmette39.org/
DI39/group.html
 
Graphic Organizers
http://www.aea1.k12.ia.us/reading/
graphicorg.html
 
Individual Learning Differences
http://www.cast.org/teachingevery
student/ideas/tes/chapter7_3.cfm
 
Layered Curriculum - Dr. Kathie Nunley’s Website for Educators
http://www.help4teachers.com/
 
Middle Schoolers Learn Science From Harry Potter
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/
science/20050707harrypotter
science_x.htm?csp=34
 
Model Differentiated Elementary Science Lessons
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/
curriculum/science/elem/
modeldiff.htm
 
Shoreline Public Schools Differentiated Instruction Website
http://www.shorelineschools.org/
instruction/staffdev/di/default.php
This site contains background information, Brain Research and Brain-Compatible Instruction, Instructional Strategies,  and a list of available resources.
 
Strategies for Differentiating
http://members.shaw.ca/priscilla
theroux/differentiatingstrategies.html
 
Teaching in Mixed-ability Classrooms
http://www.weac.org/kids/1998-
99/march99/differ.htm
Article about differentiated instruction in the classroom.
 
Technology Tips for Differentiating Instruction
http://www.ataccess.org/resources/
atk12/TechTipsforDifferentiation.htm
 
Tiered Curriculum Project 
http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/
exceptional/gt/tiered_curriculum/
welcome.html
This site contains tiered K-12 lessons in Math, Science, and Language Arts.




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