Re: differentiated learning

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Thank you so much. I order the book.

On 6/16/10, certifiedteach wrote:
> A very good book is by D. Heacox. I think the title is
> Differentiation in the Regular Education Classroom/ grades
> 3-12. It's funny, but I went to an in-service on this topic in
> New Canaan, CT way back in the early 90's! Everyone seems to
> think this is such a new idea --
> Barnes and Noble sells a lot of good books on the subject. I
> think the trick is in the questions you use when teaching -
> encouraging the higher-order thinking skills for those who are
> ready is the quickest way to challenge all learners. Teaching a
> concept utilizing many different intelligences is another,
> somewhat easy, way to reach many learning styles. I think in a
> lot of ways, good teachers have been differentiating since
> schools did away with homogenously grouped classes. We just
> didn't call it a fance name, or put edu-jargon labels on what
> we were doing! I hate "educationese" - it's so pretentious!
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> On 6/15/10, clare wrote:
>> The main "push" for the 2010-2011 school year is
>> differentiated learning. Any suggestions to ease into it
>> or suggestions for good articles or books on the subject.
>>
>> Thanks much.
 

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