Differentiation – planning and teaching strategies January 2007

2  Process  Content Differentiation across the whole class

3  Presentation  Language  Activities  Questions  Teaching methods  Thinking processes Differentiation by process

4 Process Higher levels of thinking Open- endedness Discovery Evidence of reasoning Freedom of choice Pacing and variety Process

5 Content AbstractnessComplexityVariety Study of methods Organisation Study of people Content

6  Able and mixed ability groups  Single gender and mixed gender groups  Friendship group  Expert group  Age group  Collaborative vs co-operative work Grouping

7 Envoy Goldfish Carousel Paired tutoring Snow- ball Cascade Students as teachers Pair swapping Allocated roles Jigsaw

8 Remember  Challenging language  Differentiated questions  Homework  E-learning

9 Effective Learning Process + content + language + questions + resources = management = good differentiation