Differentiated Instruction

In the current standards-based, accountability-driven world of education, it is difficult for educators to use differentiated instruction to cater to the individual learning needs of each student. This book explains differentiating instruction in a way that connects to current standards and provides examples of challenging best practice lessons.

Ervin F. Sparapani is a teacher educator in the Department of Middle/Secondary Education at Saginaw Valley State University. His main goal has always been to provide schools with teacher leaders who understand the uniqueness of learners and who can engage that uniqueness in enjoyable and challenging tasks.

List of Figures List of Tables Foreword by Pamela L. Ross McClain Acknowledgments Introduction, by Ervin F. Sparapani Part I: About Differentiated Instruction 1. The Nature of Instruction, by Ervin F. Sparapani 2. About Differentiated Instruction, by Ervin F. Sparapani, Ryan H. Walker, and Marie E. Van Tiflin 3. Standards and Benchmarks and Differentiated Instruction: Integrating Approaches to Teaching and Learning, by Nicole M. Rogers and Barbara Garii. 4. Assessment: A Guiding Force for Differentiation, by Byung-In Seo and Deborah L. Smith Part II: Differentiated Instruction and Content Area Applications 5. Differentiating Instruction and Teaching the Middle School and High School English Language Arts, by Shannon Pietras 6. Differentiating Instruction for Teaching Middle School and High School Mathematics, by Gary Malburg and David K. Pugalee 7. Differentiating Instruction and Teaching Middle School and High School Science, by Jonathon A. Gould and Betsy Diegel 8. Differentiated Instruct