Different Students, Different Approaches
Posted by Beth DuBose on Nov 10, 2008
Twice a year, Teacher Magazine publishes the Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook. This sourcebook provides educators with insights and models for effective teaching. The Fall 2008 issue is titled Different Students, Different Approaches: The power of differentiated instruction. With Response to Intervention becoming a strong educational model across the nation, differentiated instruction and how to provide differentiated instruction is more crucial to teachers and schools.
Teacher Magazine has published their sourcebook on their website as well. Below are the topics within the current issue. As you can see the sourcebook is a wealth of information for teachers who are looking to learn more about differentiated instruction.
News and Notes
Many teachers today are looking for ways to attend to students’ unique learning needs and give them as much individual support as possible.
Teacher book groups are gaining traction as a way to reflect on ideas and create change in schools.
New Teachers Look For Differentiation Help
Many new teachers need help adjusting to the growing diversity of today’s public schools, according to a new survey report.
An online program gives students multiple ways to collaborate and show their work.
Fla. Evidence Supports Staff Training
An independent audit of a Florida professional development program in literacy instruction offers the latest evidence that purposeful teacher training can lead to quantifiable gains in student learning.
Research to date on the impact of certification from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards has pretty much missed the point, concludes a report by 10 teachers who’ve earned the credential.
Who says staff development can’t be a form of subject-area scholarship?
Selected online resources on addressing diverse student-learning needs and styles.
Visitors to teachermagazine.org sound off on differentiated instruction, standardized tests, and the benefits of NCLB.
From the Field
A co-teaching arrangement spurs improvement for both special education students and their mainstream peers.
How to make reading assignments as enriching as possible to all levels of students.
It’s one thing to teach kids. It’s a whole other thing to make sure what we’re teaching is of high quality.
One way to help advanced students move ahead and learn at their own level.
Creative Writing in Science Class
Making up their own stories helps students learn material in fresh ways.
Q&A: Helping African-American Males
Ideas for boosting acheivement for an at-risk group.
Features
Carol Ann Tomlinson explains how differentiated instruction works and why we need it now.
The "reponse to intervention" framework is helping teachers in Iowa better understand and address students learning needs.
A renowned professional development program helps teachers use writing as a tool for classroom discovery.
A Chicago mentoring program helps new teachers build connections with disadvantaged students.
Calendar & Books
A selection of workshops, seminars, and conferences from September 2008 through March 2009.
A selection of books on differentiated instruction published within the last year.