If you were a teacher, how would you use differentiated instruction to enhance the learning experience of your students?
What will be an ideal response?
Effectively teaching students with diverse characteristics requires much thought and effort. Differentiated instruction involves recognizing individual variations in students' knowledge, readiness, interests, and other characteristics, and taking these differences into account in planning curriculum and engaging in instruction. Differentiated instruction emphasizes tailoring assignments to meet students' needs and abilities. It is unlikely that a teacher can generate 20 to 30 different lesson plans to address the needs of each student in a classroom. However, differentiated instruction advocates discovering "zones" or "ballparks" in which students in a classroom cluster, thus providing three or four types/levels of instruction rather than 20 to 30.
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