Julia Link Roberts, Tracy Ford Inman

Strategies for Differentiating Instruction

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Produktbeschreibung

This easy-to-use book offers practical strategies for teachers to use in the classroom--strategies that allow all students to learn at appropriately challenging levels and make continuous progress by focusing on their various levels of knowledge and readiness to learn. Educational Resource

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781593632052
• ISBN-10: 1593632053
• Artikelnr.: 62387301

Autorenporträt

Julia Link Roberts, Ph.D., is the Mahurin Professor in Gifted Studies and director and founder of The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University. Dr. Roberts was named a Distinguished Professor at Western Kentucky University and was honored as the first recipient of the National Association for Gifted Children David W. Belin Advocacy Award. She was also named Executive Director of the Center for Gifted Studies and the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky. Tracy Ford Inman has devoted her career to meeting the needs of young people, especially those who are gifted and talented. She has taught at both the high school and collegiate levels, as well as in summer programs for gifted and talented youth. This Who's Who Among American Educators was a Kentucky Teacher of the Year semifinalist in 1992, and now serves as Associate Director of The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. Inman has presented papers at both state and national levels and has been a writer and editor for The Challenge, an award-winning news magazine of The Center for Gifted Studies. At Western Kentucky University, she earned a bachelor's degree in English in 1986, secondary teacher certification in 1988, a master's degree in education in 1992, and an endorsement in gifted education in 2001.

Inhaltsangabe

1. One-Size-Fits-All? You've Got to Be Kidding! 2. Multiple Ways to Define Academic Success: What Resonates With You? 3. Climate: Creating a Comfort Zone 4. Content: Complex, Engaging, and Relevant 5. Preassessment: An Absolute Necessity 6. Tiering to Facilitate Continuous Progress 7. Tiering Learning Experiences With Bloom's Taxonomy 8. Tiering With Venn Diagrams 9. Think-Tac-Toe: An Effective Tool for Tiering 10. Managing the Differentiated Classroom 11. Taming the Assessment Beast 12. Reflection: An Essential Practice for Lifelong Learning 13. A Differentiation Fable Appendix A: What a Child Doesn't Learn . . . By Tracy Inman Appendix B: Directions for Activity: How Do You Learn It? Appendix C: My Way...An Expression Style Inventory Appendix D: Interest Inventory Appendix E: Bloom Chart Template Appendix F: Venn Diagrams Appendix G: Letters and Boxes Appendix H: Think-Tac-Toe Template Appendix I: Developing and Assessing Product (DAP) Tools Appendix J: Building Support for Differentiation: Hard But Not Impossible to Do Alone

Rezensionen

"The fourth edition of Strategies for Differentiating Instruction: Best Practices for the Classroom contains a treasure trove of practical suggestions that will make differentiating easier for all teachers to meet a variety of learning differences in young people. It is the most comprehensive book on this topic, and it should be on every teacher's 'must read' list."

Joseph S. Renzulli, University of Connecticut, USA

"As a first-year teacher, this textbook completely changed my classroom approach! The differentiation strategies are easy to use, quick to prepare, and truly work to meet the needs of the individual students in my classroom. The strategies in this book are top of the line, and helped create student excitement for learning because I learned how to meet each child's needs on their level. I would recommend this textbook to all teachers, first through the thirtieth year!"

Phoebe Pohlman, Perryville, MO, USA

"Julia Roberts and Tracy Inman have done it again! Strategies for Differentiating Instruction: Best Practices for the Classroom is the 'must have' instructional resource for every teacher. With clear, straightforward conversations, Roberts and Inman share essential insights about equality in learning, pretesting, and classroom management. Illustrative examples explain how and why instructional differentiation is critical to every student's learning success. Each strategy discussed by the authors is designed to support teachers from start to finish - beginning with student interest inventories and pre-assessments, through brainstorming and tiered instruction, and concluding with assessment resources such as the Developing and Assessing Products (DAP) tools. Do you have a poster project to assess? There is a DAP tool for that! The DAP assessment rubrics are essential evaluative tools that raise the bar for advanced learners while providing essential feedback to students. This is the one book that I cannot live without because it supports every moment of instructional planning, teaching, and assessing student learning."

Christine Deitz, University of Arkansas Little Rock, USA