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How Differentiated Instruction Can Help You Reach Every Student in Class

Waterford

Research around differentiated instruction confirms this is true. If you can adapt your instruction to reflect your students’ needs and learning preferences, you can make class time more effective and help students become more engaged. What is Differentiated Instruction? Sounds familiar?

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Learning Styles: Fact or Fiction? What This Decades-Old Theory Can Teach Us

Waterford

14] A study conducted in 2013 found that personalized learning can improve motivation as well as academic achievement.[13] Instead of planning activities based on learning styles, teachers may want to opt for a different, but better researched technique: differentiated instruction. General Music Today, 2015, 28(2), pp.29-32.

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Why Failure Is Good for Learning, and How It Applies to Your Struggling Students

Waterford

Differentiated Instruction. Differentiated instruction is a strategy that gives students individualized resources, depending on their needs.[11] To use differentiated instruction in class, get to know your students as well as you can. Teaching and Teacher Education, July 2013, 33, pp. Cusumano, C.,

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#04: Simple Ways to Find Your Teaching Blindspots in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Register for my free Differentiating Instruction with Technology webinar sponsored by SMART Learning Suite next Thursday, February 9 at 4pm. Differentiated Instruction Webinar – ( [link] ). In 2013, our school was named a National Blue Ribbon School. ” SMART Learning Suite is today’s sponsor.

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These 5 Teachers Showcase the Future of Blended Learning’s ‘Station Rotation’ Model

Edsurge

In a new case study, “Blended (r)evolution,” we take a close look at how five educators, including Bryant, have adapted their original approach to blended learning to find ever better ways to differentiate instruction, promote student agency, and create a more flexible learning environment.

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EdmodoCon Guest Post #3: M.Valois

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

Here is Megan''s recap of EdmodoCon 2013. He also reminded us about the core philosophy of differentiated instruction - my biggest passion. If you would like to contribute and share a EdmodoCon 2013 post, please submit! It was presented by the good people over at the #Edmodo app/website. Thank YOU, Megan for your recap!

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How to Differentiate Teaching for the advancement of learner Thinking Skills: Simplifying Approaches to Teaching &Learning Series (Part 5)

100mentors

In the current installment, we will see how a cluster of specific thinking skills, that are put forward by both the IBO and contemporary educational research, can surface through differentiated teaching. Acknowledge your learners as individuals through differentiated instruction.