Differentiated Instruction Flashcards
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A GED math teacher allows students to choose between solving problems individually, in pairs, or using manipulatives. This differentiates which element?
Answer: Process
Offering different ways to work through material (individual, collaborative, hands-on) is differentiation of process.
Which scenario best illustrates differentiating by student interest in a GED science class?
Answer: Allowing students to choose between studying ecosystems through data charts, documentaries, or field observation
Offering topic or modality choices based on what students find engaging is differentiation by interest.
A teacher provides sentence frames and vocabulary support for English Language Learners while giving advanced students extension research tasks. This most directly reflects:
Answer: Readiness-based differentiation
Adjusting the complexity and support of tasks based on students' current skill levels is readiness-based differentiation.
What is the primary risk of permanently tracking students into high and low groups in a GED program?
Answer: It reinforces inequitable outcomes and limits growth expectations for lower-tracked students
Fixed tracking can create self-fulfilling prophecies and deny lower-grouped students access to rigorous content.
A student consistently struggles with written expression but demonstrates strong verbal understanding. Which differentiated product option best leverages this strength?
Answer: Allowing the student to record a verbal response or oral presentation as an alternative to a written essay
Offering an alternative product format (oral vs. written) allows the student to demonstrate mastery without being blocked by a processing challenge.
Which statement best reflects the goal of differentiated instruction for GED learners?
Answer: Instruction should maximize each learner's growth relative to their starting point
DI aims to push every learner forward from where they currently are, not to hold everyone to a single standard.
A teacher uses a KWL chart (Know, Want to Know, Learned) at the start of a new unit primarily to:
Answer: Pre-assess student knowledge and interests to inform differentiated planning
KWL charts function as pre-assessments that reveal prior knowledge and generate interest data useful for planning differentiated lessons.