Advancing Differentiation

Powerful strategies that will transform the way you teach and the way your students learn. Advancing Differentiation will lead you through the process of creating a thriving, student-centered, 21st-century classroom. Since its initial publica­tion, the book’s materials have undergone rigorous testing and refinement in classrooms all over the world to deliver the best and most effective differen­tiation strategies. The strategies in this book will help you: - Deeply engage every learner while challenging students to think critically, self-regulate, and direct their own learning - Set new roles for student and teacher that encourage learner autonomy - Employ cutting-edge techniques for designing rigorous E4 curriculum (effective, engaging, enriching, and exciting) This revised and updated edition features: - A primer on differentiation, which answers the crucial question, Why differentiate at all? - Self-assessment surveys, observation forms, and new ideas for increasing proficiency in classroom differentiation - Ways to address the changing needs of the future workforce - More articulated curriculum design defining the differences between strategies and skills—refining the levels of conceptual knowledge