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Why teachers should consider differentiated instruction

Neo LMS

While it’s definitely easier to treat students the same in the classroom — after all, there is but one teacher to 30 students (more or less) — the best teachers are those who understand that students are not the same. And act accordingly, by differentiating instruction to better meet their learning needs. Carol Ann Tomlinson.

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EdTech definitions every teacher should know: Part 2

Neo LMS

Best Online Definition – “ Deep Learning ” book by Ian Goodfellow and Yoshua Bengio and Aaron Courville: “The hierarchy of concepts allows the computer to learn complicated concepts by building them out of simpler ones. Importantly, differentiated learning does not denote any changes in curriculum.

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Blended Learning: Designing with Balance in Mind

Catlin Tucker

” This definition is grounded in a constructivist perspective that positions the student at the center of learning. That means they need to be able to flex their metacognitive muscles by setting goals, tracking and monitoring their progress, reflecting on their learning, and assessing their own work.

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5 Ways BookWidgets Help Teachers Differentiate Instruction

EdTechTeacher

In a recent article, Canadian researchers identified the greatest challenges to implementing effective differentiated instruction in the classroom. Topping the list were teacher workload , lack of time , the perceived complexity and difficulty of differentiating , and the increasingly diverse needs of individual students 1.

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8 Ways to Engage Readers with Readlee’s AI Reading Teacher Support

The CoolCatTeacher

Teachers can look at the individual assignment and (in Readlee Pro) get even more advanced analytics for providing feedback and differentiating instructions. When students struggle with reading, they often struggle with even receiving feedback from teachers, so teacher audio feedback is definitely a best practice. .

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Helping Learners Move Beyond “I Can’t Do This”

User Generated Education

Struggles with authentic tasks mimics real life so much more than completing those types of tasks and assessments done at most schools. Provides feedback and assessment throughout the learning process, not just after a major assessment. Struggles are good. I used to work with delinquent kids within Outward Bound-type programs.

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A Back-to-School, Personalized Learning Toolkit

Edsurge

This workbook will expand your definition of online curriculum; highlight student and teacher needs and views of implementations; and provide opportunities to help you identify your goals. So we’ve put together a blog of research-based guidelines for choosing edtech tools—from assessment to curriculum software—to use in the classroom.