Differentiation Quiz: True or False? T(rue) or F(alse) ? 1. Differentiation is individualized instruction.
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2. Differentiated instruction means having high expectations for all students.
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3. In Differentiated instruction, students are always grouped homogeneously (based on readiness).
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Why or why not? Differentiated instruction is not a single strategy, but rather an approach to instruction that incorporates a variety of strategies. It is important for the teacher to establish the fact that each student is a unique individual and has different learning needs. Consequently they will be working at different tasks much of the time. When teachers differentiate, they do so in response to a student’s readiness, interest, and/or learning profile. Readiness refers to the skill level and background knowledge of the child. A student¡¯s learning profile includes
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4. Differentiated assignments should be offered at all times.
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5. Differentiation means assigning more work to some students and less to others.
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6. A Differentiated classroom provides choice.
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7. A learning contact is used with students who have behavior problems.
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learning style, grouping preferences, and environmental preferences. If the student has difficult learning by listening, writing, etc. Try to find some lower level. To demonstrate understanding of a geometric concept, one student may solve a problem set, while another builds a model. Teachers can also get information about student learning styles by asking students how they learn best and by observing student activities. Identifying environmental preferences includes determining whether students work best in large or small groups and what environmental factors might contribute to or inhibit student learning. Learning contract gives teachers a way to DI in the classroom, students are decide in what ways their education will be structured vary on specific student need.
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8. Tiering assignments means that they are watered down for slow students.
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Tiered assignments are designed to instruct students on essential skills that are provided at different levels of complexity, abstractness, and open-endedness.
9. Pre-and ongoing assessment guides differentiated instruction.
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All differentiation of learning begins with student assessment.
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Specified ongoing activities on which students work independently /ongoing assignments that students can work on throughout a unit. It is busy work.
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10. Anchor activities are busy work.
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