Differentiated Instruction

When educators at a Washington, DC, high school ditched their lectures and devised a self-paced blended learning model, their students thrived.

An inside look at a teacher-designed instructional model that combines blended learning, student self-pacing, and mastery-based grading.

At an elementary school in South Carolina, tactile materials, color coding, and vocabulary changes help students grasp high-level math concepts.

Support every student by breaking learning up into chunks and providing a concrete structure for each.

In an excerpt from his book with fellow teacher Katie Hull Sypnieski, blogger Larry Ferlazzo looks at a few basic ways to reach students who are learning English as well as the subject at hand.

Rotation stations allow students to learn in a range of modalities, while making differentiation manageable for one teacher.

Every teacher already has the tools to differentiate in powerful ways for all learners.

A rigorous intervention pushes students who might be satisfied with a D to aim higher.

Through alternative formative assessment, teachers can check for student understanding without falling back on the tedious or intimidating pop quiz.

Elementary students have a better chance of showing what they’re learning when they have a choice about how to show it.

Techniques for meeting the needs of students with diverse abilities and interests.

PD could be more effective if we differentiated it by gauging teachers' readiness, utilizing their interests, involving them in the process, and providing continual assessment opportunities.

Six ways to support students with dysgraphia—a learning difference that affects a person’s ability to produce written work.

Four strategies for differentiating instruction to meet the needs of all students, within the constraints of a curriculum.

Giving students several seconds to think after asking a question—and up to two minutes for some questions—improves their learning.