Doable Differentiation

Differentiating for students' learning preferences can often seem too complex and complicated for too little gain. Learn a better way forward with the guidance of Doable Differentiation. Author Jane A. G. Kise provides a series of straightforward, high-reward strategies that K-12 educators like you successfully use in their daily practice to support, engage, and challenge students with diverse learning styles.

Understand the benefits of differentiation and how to implement differentiated instruction simply and effectively. Learn students' preferred cognitive processing styles to better tailor differentiated lesson plans for all learners' needs. Discover 12 categories of research-based differentiation strategies to implement immediately. Provide students with a variety of accessible options for processing information, engaging in higher-level thinking, and demonstrating learning. Engage learners and develop their proficiency and self-efficacy. Contents:

Introduction: What Makes Differentiation Doable?

Part 1: The Foundation

Chapter 1: Cognitive Processes and Effective Differentiation

Chapter 2: Clear Learning Goals and Expectations

Part 2: The Strategies

Chapter 3: Choice

Chapter 4: Wait Time

Chapter 5: Unambiguous Instruction

Chapter 6: Pressure-Prompted Accommodations

Chapter 7: Student-Centered Discussions

Chapter 8: Curiosity Creators

Chapter 9: Open Questions

Chapter 10: Concept Maps

Chapter 11: Big Notes

Chapter 12: Moveable Organizers

Chapter 13: Planned Movement

Chapter 14: Talking to Write

Part 3: Lesson Planning

Chapter 15: Two-Step Differentiation

Epilogue

References and Resources

Index