Differentiated Instruction and Assessment

Terry Brown - WestminsterJustine Lytwynec- Beal

Bob Neubauer - Beal

Building a Foundation Student Profiles

Who are you teaching?

Learning Styles Linguistic Logical – Mathematical Visual – Spatial Bodily – Kinesthetic Musical – Rhythmical Naturalist Interpersonal Intrapersonal

Visual Auditory Kinesthetic

Do teaching strategies match learning styles?

Do study strategies match learning styles?

Building a Foundation Community

BuildingGetting to know

each other.

Building a Foundation Talk About Assessment

An athletics coach observed,

“We don’t score practices.We score real games.”

Building a Foundation Talk About Assessment

How are you marking?

Practice with FeedbackSafe to make mistakesFormative vs. Summative

Differentiated InstructionShifting Gears

Student Centered Inquiry InvestigationRAFTRole PlayingCooperative Learning

Flying Penguins

Problem-Based Learning

Introduce a problem to the students (Example: Video of student with

epilepsy) Students Brainstorm – causes,

solutions Initial Research Students Create Research Questions Mini lessons – deal with common

problems

RAFT

RAFT (continued…….)

INTU

Role Play

Cooperative Learning All Write Round Robin

◦The Nervous System

Not Cooperative Assessment◦Interview using presentation◦Test based on interview◦Assess individual communication skills

Differentiated AssessmentModify existing Assessment tools

to address different learning stylesChoice in how students show

learning◦Paragraph versus labeled drawing◦Written versus verbal

Choice (Answer 5 of 6)Formative and Summative

A Shift in the Assessment Process

Teachers are there to help improve student learning (formative), not just to judge their learning (summative).

A Shift in the Assessment Process

When students realize that teachers are there to help them learn…..

Classroom management gets a lot

easier.

Resources

TVDSB Website◦Program Student Pathways for Success Learning Classroom Resource Page (link @ bottom)

Edugains Website Iink

How do you use Markbook? Weight of Marks Analysis

◦ Average – the sum of all marks/total marks◦ Median – the middle mark◦ Mode – the most frequent mark

Markbook

Reflection