Differentiated Instruction: Meeting the Needs of All Students In Your Classroom

by Marcie Nordlund

Drawing upon her extensive experience and numerous national presentations, author Marcie Nordlund shares her ideas, creativity, and proven methods of differentiated instruction to help teachers reach each student. Divided into 10 chapters, this book deals with topics ranging from general methods of differentiating instruction to specific methods for students with attention deficit/hyperactivity, learning disabilities, above average intelligence, cognitive impairments, autism, behavioral challenges, and those who are at-risk. The contents of this book have been shared with over 8,000 teachers throughout the United States who have tried the methods and offered feedback.


· Practical charts to help teachers adapt to specific lesson plans
· General methods for expanding the curriculum
· Specific methods for working with different learning challenges

For teachers, administrators, parents, and college students.

112 pages, Paperback

First published June 28, 2003

Reviews

[Sara Westhead · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some useful thoughts and ideas in regards to differentiation for specific groups of students. However, I have an issue with the author's repeated statement that new teachers shouldn't attempt much in the way of differentiation in their first year. Also, I had a problem with the statement that some students will only ever learn so much (as in their internal 'hard drive' will become 'full'); teachers shouldn't go into the classroom with that mindset, already limiting what a student is and isn't capable of doing. Finally, I am quite surprised that a book published in 2003 would have no reference to children with developmental disabilities (such as autism) that affect how they process sensory input, social situations, etc.