Differentiating instruction for students of diverse needs and abilities

Question 1

Rachel Lotan (2006)

Answer 1

“By using within-class ability grouping, individualized instruction, or differentiated instruction, teachers intend to diagnose the individual learning needs of their students and identify their strengths, skills, and talents”

Question 2

Whitney H. Rapp & Katrina L. Arndt (2012)

Answer 2

“Differentiation, Means knowing each of your students well. The purpose of differentiation for each student is to ensure that students are each being challenged with work that is challenging but not too difficult, and to help each student become an independent learner,”

Question 3

Whitney H. Rapp & Katrina L. Arndt (2012)

Answer 3

Concept that the learning environment, including the space, curriculum and social community, are fully accessible to all persons. This idea of a universal design for learning is based in the idea that a teacher designs their curriculum intentionally from the very start to be able to fit all different learning types and special needs

Question 4

Thomas Hehir (2006)

Answer 4

“We often attempt to retrofit the children with inappropriate interventions after they have failed in school rather than design the instructional program from the beginning to allow for access and success. And, as is the case with architecture, the failure to design universally is inefficient and ineffective”