biology partnership (a teacher quality grant ) saturday march 31, 2012 © susan m. butler, march...
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BIOLOGY PARTNERSHIP(A TEACHER QUALITY
GRANT)Saturday
March 31, 2012
© Susan M. Butler, March 2012
LESSON PLANNING REVIEW: DIFFERENTIATION
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Lesson PlanningMotivationNeeded Materials & Set-UpOutcomesPresentation & ParticipationQuestionsReflection & ReviewSafetyTransformativeUtilize
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What is Differentiation?What is Differentiation?
Teachers accommodating differences in students’ learning styles, interest, prior knowledge, socialization needs, and comfort zones (Benjamin)
Teachers responsively reacting to learners’ needs. Teachers responsively reacting to learners’ needs. (Tomlinson)(Tomlinson)
Teachers think about the diversity of the learners when they plan lessons and know that one size does NOT fit all. (Rutherford)
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Differentiating Instruction: Differentiating Instruction: The MythsThe Myths
Is equivalent to individualized instruction
Is only important for low-ability students
Means no whole class activities
Requires ability grouping
Means the “bright” kids have to do more
I have to incorporate choices for students in EVERY assignment, assessment, learning activity
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Differentiation CategoriesTomlinson recommends differentiating:
The ContentThe Content
The ProcessThe Process
The ProductsThe ProductsHow might these be differentiated?How might these be differentiated?
An Example: Marigold
• Work in pairs to review the materials in “Marigold Barker Folder A”
• Answer the following:– Do you think any differentiation is needed? Why
or why not?
– If you do think differentiation is needed, would you focus on content, process, or products? Why?
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More Marigold Info
• Review the materials in “Marigold Barker Folder B”
• Answer the questions:– Is this additional information helpful in deciding
whether and/or how to differentiate instruction for Marigold? Why or why not?
– Do you think Marigold has a learning disability? If so, what might it be?
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Differentiated Classrooms
• Examine the chart comparing Traditional to Differentiated Classrooms. Circle two qualities of Differentiated Classrooms you already use or might consider using in the future.
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School Accommodations & Modifications
• Look through the different categories and pick some examples that might have helped Marigold.
• Be ready to share at least one example.
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Alexander Fleming’sDiscovery of Penicillin
• Watch Scenario A and then Scenario B
• Answer the question:– If Alexander is the teacher and the petri dish is
Marigold, which Scenario would you rather see occur in your classroom?
DON’T BE SCENARIO A!
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ASSESSMENT: MULTIPLE CHOICE TESTING
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Multiple Choice Components
Multiple-choice items contain three parts:• 1) stem• 2) answer and •3) distractors.
Multiple Choice Items
• Comparing True-False to Multiple-Choice– True-False
• Panama City is located in Bay County.
– Multiple-Choice• In which county is Panama City located?
– Franklin
– Gulf
– Calhoun
– Bay
distractor
distractor
distractor
answer
stem
Writing Appropriate Distractors
• To be plausible, the distractor must have the potential for being selected as the correct answer. Two distractors are as effective as three if one of the three is not plausible (highly unlikely to be selected).
• In which county is Panama City located?• Franklin• Gulf• Cedar Grove• Bay
less plausible distractor
distractor
distractor
answer
A DO or a DON’T?In a multiple choice question, when is the longest answer the correct answer?
A)Rarely
B)Sometimes
C)It’s almost always the correct answer and it’s often stuffed with new information that should have gone in the main part of the course but we forgot so now we’re putting it in the quiz because we can’t possibly leave out the tiniest detail.
D)Occasionally
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Factographing Mexicathon
• Use the short reading selection as a basis for creating a “good” and then a “bad” multiple choice question for this.
• Capture each on chart paper and display.
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