Differentiated Instruction
Build lessons, develop teaching materials, and vary your approach so that all students, regardless of where they are starting from, can learn content effectively, according to their needs.
Podcast: Smart Strategies to Improve Your Scaffolding
Evidence-backed tips to support students as they learn new or complex material—from a UCLA instructor and former high school teacher.
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Go to My Saved Content.How to Scaffold Learning and Maintain Rigor
A myriad of tools and strategies that support learning and student agency are also essential to maintaining rigor.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.The Benefits of Using Choice Boards in Math
How math choice boards can enable new elementary teachers to meet the needs of their individual learners while employing mathematical rigor.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.How to Differentiate Without Splitting Students Up
Advice for teachers who want to make sure everyone in their classroom works and learns in tandem.86.1kYour content has been saved!
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Why Are Some Kids Thriving During Remote Learning?
Though remote learning during the pandemic has brought many challenges, some students seem to be thriving in the new circumstances. What can we learn from them?1.5MYour content has been saved!
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6 Scaffolding Strategies to Use With Your Students
Support every student by breaking learning up into chunks and providing a concrete structure for each.2MYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.How to Use Hexagonal Thinking in Any Content Area
This engaging activity supports students in organizing their thoughts in a multidimensional way, helping to cement their understanding.4kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.5 Scaffolding Strategies to Bolster Student Learning
When teachers break up instruction into manageable chunks and provide support structures, it makes learning more accessible for all students.262.4kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.3 Ways to Plan for Diverse Learners: What Teachers Do
Every teacher already has the tools to differentiate in powerful ways for all learners.517.1kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Station Rotation: Differentiating Instruction to Reach All Students
Rotation stations allow students to learn in a range of modalities, while making differentiation manageable for one teacher.379.5kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.How to Reduce the Cognitive Load on Students During Lessons
A look at ways teachers can refine their practices to help ensure that students absorb and process information so they can retrieve it later.142.5kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Supporting Multilingual Students in the Early Grades
Five ways teachers can celebrate and extend the linguistic expertise of young students who speak two or more languages.209.7kYour content has been saved!
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Teaching a Class With Big Ability Differences
Techniques for meeting the needs of students with diverse abilities and interests.349.1kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.4 High-Quality Math Enrichment Tasks
These low-floor, high-ceiling problems support differentiation, challenging all students by encouraging flexible thinking and allowing for multiple solution paths.Elevating Tier 1 Instruction With Differentiated Small Groups
Instead of starting with whole group instruction and then using small groups to intervene, teachers can use a targeted approach from the outset.15.5kYour content has been saved!
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