- Promoting the use of technology as a solution for special education.
Differentiated Instruction...
A Few Quotes to Think About
"No two children are alike. An enriched environment for one is not necessarily enriched for another."
Marian Diamonds, Professor of Neuroanatomy at Berkeley.
"If you always do what you did, you'll always get what you got."
Marian Diamonds: Professor of Neuroanatomy at Berkeley
"Three principles from brain research: emotional safety, appropriate challenges, and self constructed meaning suggest that a one-size-fits-all approach to classroom instruction teaching is ineffective for most students and harmful to some."
Teach Me Teach My Brian, A Call for Differentiated Classrooms, Carol Ann Tomlinson
“Teachers in Differentiated Classrooms are students of their students”
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“No two children learn in the identical way. In the classroom we should teach children to think for themselves … One of the most important concepts for a 5 year old to know is that he or she can teach because you have to understand something to teach it."
Marian Diamonds: Professor of Neuroanatomy at Berkeley
About Differentiated Instruction
“Teachers can differentiate four elements of instruction: content, process, product, and learning environment.”
- Grace Smith, Stephanie Throne Authors of Differentiated Instruction With Technology.
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Content: What is taught
- Process: How it’s taught
- Product: What is produced and can be evaluated
- Learning Environment: Where and Who
(Individual, Group, Student/Partner, Teacher/Student, Teacher/Class)
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