Differentiated Instruction Flashcards
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Which of the following best defines differentiated instruction?
Answer: Adjusting content, process, product, or learning environment to meet individual student needs
Differentiated instruction proactively adjusts curriculum and instruction based on student readiness, interest, and learning profile to maximize each student's growth.
A teacher assigns a reading passage to all students but provides an audio version for struggling readers and an extension article for advanced readers. This is differentiation by:
Answer: Content
Content differentiation involves varying what students learn or the materials they use to access information — different versions of the reading material represent differentiated content delivery.
Flexible grouping in a differentiated classroom means:
Answer: Grouping changes based on the task, topic, and student needs at any given time
Flexible grouping means students are regrouped regularly and purposefully — sometimes by readiness, sometimes by interest, sometimes randomly — preventing the negative effects of permanent ability tracking.
A teacher designs three versions of a task at different complexity levels, all addressing the same essential learning goal. This strategy is called:
Answer: Tiered assignments
Tiered assignments provide multiple versions of a task at varying levels of complexity — all versions address the same key concept or skill but offer different levels of support, abstraction, or challenge.
Which instructional strategy allows advanced students to move quickly through mastered content and use the gained time for enrichment?
Answer: Compacting
Curriculum compacting allows students who demonstrate mastery of content to 'compact' (skip) the instruction and practice they don't need and replace it with enrichment or acceleration activities.
The term 'readiness' in differentiated instruction refers to:
Answer: A student's current proximity to the learning goals
In DI, readiness refers to a student's current level of knowledge, skill, and understanding relative to specific learning goals — it is different from general ability and changes with learning.