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Differentiated Instruction

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The Key

The Key to a differentiated classroom is that all students are regularly offered CHOICES and students are matched with tasks compatible with their individual learner profiles.

Curriculum should be differentiated in three areas:

  1. Content:
    Multiple option for taking in information

  2. Process:
    Multiple options for making sense of the ideas

  3. Product:
    Multiple options for expressing what they know