Strategies for Differentiating Instruction: Best Practices for the Classroom

by Julia Link Roberts, Tracy Ford Inman

This updated edition of the best-selling Strategies for Differentiating Instruction offers practical strategies that allow all students to learn at appropriately challenging levels and make continuous progress by focusing on their various levels of knowledge and readiness to learn. Written in a teacher-friendly manner, the book presents strategies that can be used in any classroom to ensure that each student's needs are met. This third edition includes strategies for Common Core State Standards alignment plus new Developing and Assessing Products (DAP) tools for a variety of products. Designed specifically for teachers who are new to differentiated instruction, this book offers sound, practical advice for preassessing students, implementing differentiation strategies, and managing and assessing student learning. This book is filled with the essentials teachers need to know in order to differentiate instruction and address all students' needs, interests, and abilities.

Genres: Education, Teaching

272 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2006

About the author

Julia Link Roberts, Ph.D., is the Mahurin Professor in Gifted Studies and director and founder of The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University. Dr. Roberts was named a Distinguished Professor at Western Kentucky University and was honored as the first recipient of the National Association for Gifted Children David W. Belin Advocacy Award.

Recently, she was named Executive Director of the Center for Gifted Studies and the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky.

Reviews

[bjneary · Rating 4 out of 5]

What I really liked about this book is the chapter on using Bloom's to differentiate instruction. The chapter gave a thorough and complete look at successfully creating tasks that are engaging for every student. I liked how the author said that "respectful tasks involve all children and give opportunities to learn new things but at a level of challenge that requires mental strecthing." I would also look at the new digital taxonomy and use those web 2.0 resources for differentiation. I will also look into the feasibility of rubrics and/or the author's suggested use of the DAP Tool (Developing and Assessing Products Tool

[Kristin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this for ideas for gifted learners. I really liked the rubrics and ideas for assessments.

[Rhoda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Full of good strategies - a nice 'primer' on differentiation.