How do you juggle differentiation in the classroom? It’s a hot topic that just keeps on heating up. Why? Because it’s a critical part of teaching and it’s extremely hard to do.
那么，为什么我们现在还没有在课堂上钉分别呢？好吧，有很多原因 - 也许是因为我们有时，我们还没有找到有关如何做的足够的实用信息，或者因为没有一differentiation strategy fits all. But never fear! We at Teach Starter are here to help!
请继续阅读有关如何在课堂上进行差异化的实用指南…
了解您的学生（真的认识他们）
The prerequisite to juggling differentiation in the classroom isreallyknowing your students。It’s essential that you know students’ individual strengths, weaknesses, knowledge, and skills.
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There are many ways to get an understanding of your student’s ability levels, preferred learning style and motivators:
- diagnostic assessment or pre-assessment
- formative assessment and summative assessment
- performance-based tasks (my favourite)
- concept maps – a graphic representation of students’ knowledge (also great for giving insights into how students organise knowledge)
- student self-assessment and reflection
- teacher/student interviews
您是否发现很难跟踪学生的进度？看看我们的Monitoring Student Progress收集广泛的资源，以帮助您收集和解释有关学生能力和学业进步的数据万博足球体育。
Strategies for Differentiation
可悲的是，差异化并不容易。满足整个班级的需求非常具有挑战性。当您拥有高级和低级学生时，这一点尤其困难。您甚至可能有一个复合或多层级类。所以，让我们花点时间承认how amazing you are。
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Below, I’ve detailed some of the strategies you may put in place in your classroom to differentiate. As I said, there’s no一size fits all- 尝试其中一些策略，看看什么对您和您的学生有用。
调整内容，过程或产品
那么教室中有什么基本知识是什么？作为一般指南，您可以调整content，，，，processorproduct。不要害怕。这并不像听起来那么可怕。要更简单地分解它，您可以更改：
- parts of the curriculum that you teach (content）
- methods, learning platforms and teaching strategies you use to teach the content (process）
- success criteria and expectations you have of lesson outcomes (product）。
学习风格的分组
We are all very familiar with grouping our students into ability levels. But have you considered arranging your students into groups according to their preferred learning style?
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学习风格分为三种基本类型：
- Visual- 学习者使用图片，图形，图表，地图和图表的样式。
- Kinesthetic- 学生进行体育活动的方式进行学习。
- Auditory– style in which a person learns through speaking and listening.
You can learn a lot about your students’ preferred learning style by setting asimple formative assessment task。当我们的学生完成不同的任务时make careful observations。最重要的是，在活动结束时，鼓励您的学生reflect on which activity they enjoyed the most。
Grouping in Ability Levels
There’s no doubt that grouping students of similar ability levels makes planning, assigning and assessing differentiated tasks easier. Most importantly, this differentiation strategy enables you to spend time with groups and respond to students needs.
Typically, ability groups lend themselves toEnglishand数学lessons in which students complete rotation or small groups activities.
请记住，避免学生标签很重要。因此，避免一次又一次将学生置于相同的低点，中或较高的小组中。确保您经常监视和跟踪学生进度。Most importantly, remember that groupings should beinterchangeableat any time.
For more information on how to set up识字组，阅读Holly的博客40Activities and Ideas to Set up Literacy Groups in Your Classroom。
学习站
Setting up learning stations is a practical way to differentiate in the classroom. Learning stations provide the opportunity to lead activities to suit differentlearning stylesorstudent interests。Most learning stations encourage students to collaborate with like-minded peers.
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学习站为您提供一个平台来改变学生学习的方式（process）和预期的结果（product）。
像大多数差异化策略一样，缺点是计划和设置学习站可能需要大量时间，因此请确保将其包含在计划中。另外，您可能需要一些其他成人助手。
Task Cards
Task cardsprovide a wide range of content and a variety of learning experiences. So, it makes perfect sense to use them as a teaching tool for differentiation in your classroom. Another plus is that most task cards are created withstudent independence心里。
Check out our hugeTask Card Collectionwhere you’ll find task cards all learning areas and for all year levels!
Have you seen our数字谈话资源收集？
数字谈话日常的数学活动,让学生吗have meaningful conversations about mathematics. These are particularly suitable for视觉的andauditorylearners. Most importantly, Number Talks help students to develop:
- 心理数学技能
- 灵活地思考数字和operations
- 技能needed to investigate and apply mathematical connections.
Don’t forget that there’s a数字谈话资源包1至6年！因此，您可以浸入任何一年的水平，find the perfect ability level对于您教室中的每个学习者。
Open-ended Projects
开放式项目are a great way to differentiate in the classroom. This is because they allow you to change your expectation of individual learning outcomes. At the same time, they allow students to blow you away by how capable they are!
开放式任务为学生提供了有机会回答问题，没有单一的正确答案。最重要的是，他们涉及每个学生并赋予他们权力choice。
Open-ended tasks are for Early Years too! Early Years students make surprising insights and share amazing ideas when given the opportunity.
Our Year 1 and 2容量数学调查 - 在农场洗澡时间！investigates capacity, embedded in a real-world context. Students use their knowledge ofcapacity探索所有农民弗雷德（Fred）的动物是否有可能适合一个浴缸，而不会流过水。此活动是完整完成的理想small differentiated groups, with adult support.
使用技术
许多教育应用程序和计划旨在与个人用户的水平相匹配。也就是说，大多数数字任务都内置了差异化，而无需考虑它！
教了
最后，在课堂上的差异化方面，对所有学生怀有很高的期望很重要。为了避免较少自信的学生失去动力并进一步落后，重要的是教。
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What doesteaching up实际意思？简单的说，teaching up意味着从具有挑战性的课程内容开始，并使用教学策略将学生提升到这一水平。相反的teaching upwould be to begin at a level that is accessible to every student in your class and then find ways to extend more able students.
Learn From Others and Network
If you are struggling to meet the needs of the students in your classroom, you are not alone.
One of the best ways to learn how to juggle differentiation in the classroom is toobserve other teachers in action。Why not ask an experienced teacher how they differentiate and line up a time to step into their classroom to watch and learn.
How do you differentiate in your classroom?
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