Differentiation: From Planning to Practice, Grades 6-12

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In this refreshing addition to differentiated learning literature, Rick Wormeli takes readers step-by-step from the blank page to a fully crafted differentiation lesson. Along the way he shows middle and high school teachers and behind-the-scenes planning that goes into effective lesson design for diverse classrooms.

Rick demonstrates how to weave common and novel differentiation strategies into all subjects and offers clear advice about what to do when things don't go as expected. Based on nearly thirty years of experience as a teacher and instructional coach, Rick's thoughtful and imaginative classroom accommodations will help teachers succeed with advanced students, struggling students, English language learners, and students across the multiple intelligences spectrum.

A thorough and practice guide, Differentiation: From Planning to Practice also provides an overview of the cognitive science behind differentiation as well as a more than two-dozen tools that make differentiation doable in the classroom. This is an essential resource for all reflective teachers.

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Advancing Differentiation: Thinking and Learning for the 21st Century

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Create a thriving, student-centered classroom with this powerful resource. The book guides teachers to develop a rigorous, concept-based curriculum that is differentiated for all learners across content areas, and to build students' critical and creative thinking skills. More than an introductory manual for differentiation, this practical "next step" guide will help educators:

• Build achievement motivation through brain-compatible learning and assessment
• Develop self-regulation and learning autonomy
• Strengthen students' reasoning, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Inspire students' passion and creativity

Based on up-to-date research, the guide features dozens of figures, diagrams, and sample lessons. All reproducible forms, templates,  handouts, and walk-through checklists are included on the CD-ROM, many as customizable PDFs. Includes PowerPoint presentation for professional development.

 

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Differentiation and the Brain: How Neuroscience Supports the Learner-Friendly Classroom

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In Differentiation and the Brain: How Neuroscience Supports the Learner-Friendly Classroom, authors David Sousa and Carol Ann Tomlinson examine the basic principles of differentiation in light of what the current research on educational neuroscience has revealed. This research pool offers information and insights that can help educators decide whether certain curricular, instructional, and assessment choices are likely to be more effective than others. The authors also offer suggestions on how to establish and manage differentiated classrooms without imposing additional heavy burdens on teachers teach differently and smarter, not harder. In fact, when properly implemented, differentiation emphasizes shared responsibility between teacher and student a desirable outcome, because the brain that does the work is the brain that learns!

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