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Learning Styles & Differentiated Instruction Flashcards

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  1. A tutor discovers that a student's identified 'visual' learning style is not improving test scores when visual strategies are used exclusively. What is the BEST interpretation?

    Answer: Learning styles may not be as fixed or predictive as often assumed

    Research suggests learning style matching does not consistently improve outcomes, indicating styles are not fixed predictors of best instruction.

  2. Which instructional approach involves giving students structured choices about how they practice a skill, such as a 'tic-tac-toe' activity menu?

    Answer: Choice boards

    Choice boards (including tic-tac-toe formats) give students structured options for practicing skills based on preference or strength.

  3. A student excels at understanding abstract patterns and solving logic puzzles but struggles with verbal explanations. According to Gardner's Multiple Intelligences, this student likely has strong _____ intelligence.

    Answer: Logical-mathematical

    Logical-mathematical intelligence encompasses reasoning, pattern recognition, and abstract problem-solving.

  4. When differentiating by PROCESS, a tutor is primarily adjusting:

    Answer: How the student makes sense of and practices the content

    Differentiating by process means varying the activities or exercises students use to internalize and practice the concept.

  5. A student who prefers to work in groups, discusses ideas with peers, and learns well through collaborative projects likely has strong _____ intelligence per Gardner's theory.

    Answer: Interpersonal

    Interpersonal intelligence involves understanding and working effectively with other people.

  6. A tutor provides sentence starters, word banks, and partially completed graphic organizers for a struggling student. These supports are best described as:

    Answer: Scaffolds

    Scaffolds are temporary supports that help students access content they couldn't yet reach independently, gradually removed as mastery grows.

  7. According to differentiated instruction principles, student readiness differs from student ability in that readiness:

    Answer: Is task-specific and can change as instruction progresses

    Readiness is the student's current proximity to a specific learning goal and can shift quickly with effective instruction.