Reflection on Differentiation
Effective teaching rests on the foundation of reflective practice. Now that you have investigated differentiation conceptually and taught a differentiated lesson, you are positioned to reflect upon your experience and learn from your challenges and successes. As noted in Chapter 7 of the text, there are excuses that prevent some educators from differentiating instruction. Consider how your knowledge and experiences will help you contest these excuses, make differentiation a reality in your classroom, and move you closer toward transformational teaching and learning.
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How well students met your lesson objectives through multiple pathways, and how the assessment data you collected will inform further instruction |
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Adjustments you made during the lesson related to learner variances and how you will use this experience to plan for learner variance in the future |
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How the challenges and successes you experienced will help you refute the “Yes, but…” excuses for differentiation and influence your commitment to making differentiation a reality for your students |
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Connections between your differentiated lesson experience and the goal of transformational teaching and learning |
Save this Assessment as “Reflection_firstinitiallastname” and submit it to the Gradebook by the end of Week 5.
