1. “Differentiated instruction is NOT just another way to provide homogeneous grouping.” Carol Ann Tomlinson How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms

2. “Differentiated instruction is NOT just tailoring the same suit of clothes.” Carol Ann Tomlinson How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms

3. “Differentiated instruction is NOT the ‘individualized instruction’ of the 1970’s.” Carol Ann Tomlinson How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms

4. “Differentiated instruction is NOT chaotic.” Carol Ann Tomlinson How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms

5. “Differentiated instruction is a blend of whole-class, group, and individual instruction.” Carol Ann Tomlinson How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms

6. “Differentiated instruction is STUDENT CENTERED.” Carol Ann Tomlinson How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms

7. “Differentiated instruction is more QUALITATIVE that quantitative.” Carol Ann Tomlinson How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms

8. “Differentiated instruction is PROACTIVE.” Carol Ann Tomlinson How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms

9. “In a differentiated classroom, students and teachers are learners together.” Carol Ann Tomlinson How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms

10. “Differentiated instruction provides MULTIPLE approaches to content, process, and product.” Carol Ann Tomlinson How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms

11. “Successful differentiation is squarely rooted in student engagement plus student understanding.” Carol Ann Tomlinson “Educational Leadership”, 1999

12. “Differentiation is not so much the ‘stuff’ as the ‘how.’ If the ‘stuff’ is ill conceived, the ‘how’ is doomed.” Carol Ann Tomlinson “Educational Leadership”, 1999

13. “We have to know where we want to end up before we start out— and plan to get there.” Carol Ann Tomlinson “Educational Leadership”, 1999

14. “If the student cannot demonstrate learning, then we have failed the student; the student has not failed.” Harry Wong

15. “If the students know what they are to learn, you increase the chances that the students will learn.” Harry Wong