Re-examining differentiation: Big ideas and misguided notions differentiated" or academically responsive instruction. It provides support in theory and research for differentiating instruction

Differentiated instruction is within the scope of WikiProject Disability.For more information, visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. Start This article has been rated as Start-Class on the project's quality scale. Why the idea "Differentiation Doesn't Work" Doesn't Work Ed Week published Differentiation Doesn't Work last week, which has shown up all over my Feedly and Facebook feed. Just the title itself is jarring and causes a double takes as it goes against so much of what we are being taught. The innovation-Differentiated Instruction-went on to become one of the most widely adopted instructional orthodoxies of our time. It claims that students learn best when (despite some semantically creative denial) grouped by ability, as well as by their personal interests and "learning styles." I had seen this innovation in action. differentiated instruction responds to student differences by offering multiple options for instruction and assessment. -carol ann tomlinson defines differentiated instruction very broadly as "doing whatever it takes to ensure that struggling and advanced learners, students with varied cultural heritages, and children with different background Myths and Misconceptions about Differentiated Instruction and Universal Design for Learning. Differentiated instruction is just one component of UDL. Tomlinson (2001), declares that differentiated instruction is the intentional application of specific lesson planning and multiple learning approaches to support all learners. Differentiated instruction has been promoted as a sound educational approach in meeting the needs of increasingly diverse student populations. This study examines the differentiation strategies used by middle school teachers in he