Differentiation

 

Let's consider the possible scenario:

Once upon a time, the animals had a school. The curriculum consisted of running, climbing, flying and swimming, and all the animals took all the subjects. The duck was good in swimming, better than his instructor, and he made passing grades in flying, but was practically hopeless in running. He was made to stay after school and drop his swimming class in order to practice running. He kept this up until he was only average in swimming. But, average is acceptable, so nobody worried about that but the duck. The eagle was considered a problem pupil and was disciplined severely. He beat all the others to the top of the tree in the climbing class, but he had used his own way of getting there. The rabbit started out at the top of his class in running, but had a nervous breakdown and had to drop out of school on account of so much makeup work in swimming. The squirrel led the climbing class, but his flying teacher made him start his flying lessons from the ground instead of the top of the tree, and he developed charley horses from overexertion at the takeoff and began getting C's in climbing and D's in running. The practical prairie dogs apprenticed their offsprings to a badger when the school authorities refused to add digging to the curriculum. At the end of the year, an eel that could swim well, run, climb, and fly a little was made valedictorian. --printed in The Instructor, April. 1968
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Differentiat ion Framework:  Seven (7) Keys to Differentiating Instruction **

**Interests/Passions **  **Process: DeBono **
 * Readiness **
 *  [|Assessment in a Differentiated Classroom (ppt)] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Brain Research] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Arial Narrow;">[|Interactive Brain] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Left Brain, Right Brain Survey] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Hemispheric Dominance Test] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Interest and Skill Survey]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Learning Profiles **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Learning Profile On Line Survey] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Learning Styles] [| -] [|Cognitive Preference Inventory] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> (Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic)  ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Learner Profile Assessments including Dr. Renzulli] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Learning] [| Styles, Modalities and Strategies] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Webquest of Self-Discovery: Strengths and Weakness, Personality Inventories] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Content **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Assessment in a Differentiated Classroom (ppt)] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Curriculum Compacting - Eight Steps with Examples]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> (ppt) ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Curriculum Compactin]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">g  ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Curriculum Compacting Study, University of Connecticut]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">, [|Why Not Let High Ability Students Start School in January?] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Process: Bloom's Heirarchy for questioning and learning objectives **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> <span style="color: rgb(175, 0, 0); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Benjamin Bloom's Higher Order Questioning Card] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Bloom and Differentiated Tasks] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Differentiation Model, ASCD] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Questioning and Process Differentiation with Bloom] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Process: Bloom and DeBona **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Edward DeBono and Benjamin Bloom's Questioning Card] ||

[|Higher Order Teacher and Student Questioning with DeBono's Six Hat]s ®

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow; font-weight: 700;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> **<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Differentiation Topics ** <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Georgia; color: rgb(90, 1, 45);"> **<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Thanks to the good folks at LearnersLink for many of these great resources! **
 * <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Product: Gardner's Multiple Intelligences **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Gardner's Multiple Intelligences (SMARTS) - Posters, Brochures and Checklists] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> <span style="color: rgb(175, 0, 0); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Chart] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Gardner's] <span style="color: rgb(175, 0, 0); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Multiple Intelligences - Teaching Children] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Book Investigations/Reports: Tiering Using the Multiple Intelligences and Bloom__'s Differentiation Matrix for Non-Fiction and Fiction__] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> __[| Sing-A-Long Songs for Product Differentiation]__ ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Learning Environment **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Classroom Management in a Differentiated School ppt] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Classroom Management Techniques] ||
 * [|Classroom Management - The Classroom And The School As An Inclusive Community] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Anchor Activities] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Arts and Science Integration in Ocean Unit] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Assessment in a Differentiated Classroom (ppt)] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Authentic Assessment] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Brain Research] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> ||
 * <span style="display: block; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Brain Based Strategies - Interactive Brain] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [| Centers] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Center Ideas] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Classroom Management in a Differentiated School ppt] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [| Classroom Management Techniques] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Classroom Management - The Classroom And The School As An Inclusive Community] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Curriculum Compacting - Eight Steps with Examples]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> (ppt) ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Curriculum Compactin]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">g  ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Curriculum Compacting Study, University of Connecticut]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">, [|Why Not Let High Ability Students Start School in January?] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Differentiating Instruction Laminated Reference Card] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Differentiated Instruction - What is it? How might you assess it?] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Enrichment Resources] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Essential Questions] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [| Giftedness: Biological Differences] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Gifted Strategies] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Graphic Organizers] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> <span style="color: rgb(175, 0, 0); font-family: Arial Narrow; line-height: 139%;"> [|Graphic Organizers, printable with subject connections] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Layered Curriculum Samples] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">I [|nstruction and Technolog]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">y ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Inquiry Process] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Inquiry in the K-5 Classroom] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [| Inquiry Rubri]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">c ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Kindergarten Classroom (ppt)] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Learning Contract, Elementary] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Learning Contract, Middle and High School] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Learning Contract Resources K-12, Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Product Pouch and Porta Centers(Bloom) by Engine-Uity] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Rubric Building at Rubistar] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Special Subject Strategies: Art, Music, Physical Education, ESL, Library, and More] ||
 * //<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow; font-weight: 400;"> [|Strengths Movement - Affinities Program] // ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow; font-weight: 400;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|TicTacToe Template] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [| TIERing: Writing TIERed Assignments Including a Template and Examples] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Tiered Assignments, Critical Questions] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Tiering for Book Investigations Using the Multiple Intelligences and Bloom] __Matrix__ ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Tiered Curriculum by Readiness, Interest and Learning Profile in Math, Science and Language Arts] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Tiered Instruction: Description, Practices, Examples, Assessment, Resources] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Tiered Instruction: How to PPt] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> [|Tiering and Art Work Reflecting the Theme of Democracy] ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> <span style="color: rgb(175, 0, 0); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Videolog Observation] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">- Using SMARTS with media ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: Arial Narrow;"> [|Website Hotlist] ||