Differentiated instruction engages students of all abilities as active learners, decision-makers, and problem solvers--making educational experiences more meaningful for all. This one-of-a-kind book proves that designing differentiated instruction can be simple and fun! Packed with creative adaptation ideas like fidget bags, doodle notes, and…

In a Midwestern school district, teachers and administrators have specific concerns and opinions about professional development (PD) related to differentiated instruction. Carol Ann Tomlinson, the guru of differentiated instruction (DI), refers to DI as meeting the needs of students by adjusting instruction in order to address how they learn…

This study investigates the current state of inclusion practices in general education classrooms via survey of 71 inclusion teachers currently serving as special educators across the state of New York. Specifically, small group instruction, co-teaching, one-to-one instruction, and planning support are explored in relationship to class size, number…

Many English teachers feel underprepared to teach students with disabilities. While teachers may want to do whatever they can to make all their students successful, some may feel that they don't have as much time as they would like to prepare high-quality differentiated instruction, to fully accommodate every student, or even to know what…

This paper describes a model of personalized work-integrated learning that is collaborative in nature, uses emerging Internet technologies and is accessed fully online. The Ultraversity project was set up by Ultralab at Anglia Ruskin University to develop a fully online, 3-year duration, undergraduate degree program with an emphasis on action…

Teaching in a regular classroom has become more complicated than ever with increased student diversity and pressure to connect learning experiences to educational standards and test preparation. Although teaching to the middle is often what occurs in traditional classrooms to meet required standards, it is neither an appropriate nor meaningful…

As a prelude to the reauthorization of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 2004, President Bush charged a Commission on Excellence in Special Education with evaluating the current status of special education on the national, state, and local levels. One of the Commission's recommendations concerned the need to implement and…

Differentiating instruction for gifted students can enhance participation, engagement, and mathematical learning for all students. The purpose of this article is to (a) discuss gifted students' perception of their participation to middle school mathematics classrooms; (b) explain how one teacher differentiated a mathematical task to engage all her…

The Strategy Selection Matrix (SSM) is offered as a means for matching teaching technique to the individual special needs student. Three steps in the SSM are described: development of an intra-individual learning style profile based on 14 learning components; review of the individualizing teaching strategies (such as tutoring, continuous progress…

An interview with the District Principal, Briarcliff Public Schools, New York. (PF)

Some guidelines for individualized teaching strategies. (HB)

A description of the evaluation procedures developed and used by the Training Teacher Trainers Project at Auburn University. (HB)

Describes one of the early uses of specific objectives in curriculum development. Reprint from April 1921 "Elementary School Journal." (JMB)

A discussion of the research findings on the differences between student self-selection of performance standards and externally imposed performance standards. (HB)