Greater Albany Public School District 8J Teaching & Learning in a Standards-Based Classroom: The Cycle Differentiating Instruction Home | Contact Diane Smith Download Adobe Acrobat Version

Student Preferences: Learning style inventories Diagnostic Information: Special learning needs, work sample scores, state assessment scores, classroom performance, etc. Differentiation: The teacher designs instruction so that every student moves from his/her current level of performance to achieve clearly defined standards. Instruction meets the different needs of every student by appropriately incorporating the students' interests, strengths, learning styles, background, etc., and appropriately challenging them in areas of need and/or weakness. All learning activities are structured to involve high levels of critical thinking, include choice and permit a range of responses to demonstrate mastery. (Emerging Definition of 'Differentiation' for GAPS, 10/2003)

Sources: Gresham-Barlow School District, PASS Project (Standards Based Teaching Process Model) Greater Albany Public Schools (Diane Smith) Sept. 30, 2003

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