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Differentiating Instruction An ASDN Webinar Series
Session # 2 Differentiation and the Curriculum/Assessment Connection
November 15, 2012 Carol Ann Tomlinson William Clay Parrish, Jr. Professor Curry School of Education University of Virginia
Differentiation is not a set of strategies, but
rather a way of thinking about
teaching & learning.
Differentiation is
a sequence of common sense decisions
made by teachers
with a student-first orientation
Adam Hoppe, 2010
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Ensuring an environment that actively supports students in the work of learning Absolute clarity about a powerful learning destination Persistently knowing where students are in relation to the destination all along the way Adjusting teaching to make sure each student arrives at the destination (and, when possible, moves beyond it) Effective leadership & management of flexible classroom routines
THE HALLMARK OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING
Environment, Curriculum, Assessment, Instruction & Leadership/Management Working Together
1 Quality DI Environment
Begins with a growth mindset, moves
to student-teacher connections, &
evolves to community.
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Effective implementation of the Common Core
calls on teachers to practice with a growth
mindset—with the firm conviction that every
student is both worthy of complex curriculum
and capable of complex thought—and with
the conviction that when a student is unsuccessful,
teachers are capable of helping the student get
back on track.
2 Quality DI Is rooted in meaningful curriculum*
(goal clarity, engagement, understanding).
*Key intersection with Common Core
There is no textbook or set of
standards, or collection
of instructional strategies
that can substitute for a
teacher’s belief in and
connection with students…
Everything teachers do speaks of
their degree of belief in and regard for
students--& that shapes everything in
the classroom!
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An analysis of state and national content standards
yielded a total of 255 standards and 3,968
benchmarks students are expected to learn.
The researchers calculated that if students spent 30
minutes on each benchmark (and many require much
more time for mastery, it would take nine additional
years of school for students to “learn” them.
No wonder teachers and students feel swamped!
Teachers are in desperate need of a way to make
order out of the chaos--and students in desperate need
of a way to make meaning of what is put before them.
Marzano and Kendall, 1998--cited in Tomlinson & McTighe (2006). Differentiated Instruction &
Understanding by Design: Connecting content & kids. Alexandria, VA: ASCD, pp. 24-25.
Curriculum Races Are Not Brain-Friendly
CURRICULUM
I’ve got stuff to cover!!
David Sousa 2011
QUALITY CURRICULUM:
THE SHORT VERSION
Engagement + Understanding
(sense & meaning) = Success
Does this connect to
my life? (Engagement)
Do I get how this works?
(Understanding)
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Common Core emphasizes engagement and understanding, and requires “teaching up.”
However we conceive it, every lesson plan should be, at its plan at its
heart, motivational plan. Young learners are motivated and engaged by a
variety of conditions. Among those are:
novelty
cultural significance
personal relevance or passion
emotional connection
product focus
choice
the potential to make a contribution or
link with something greater than self
Tomlinson • 2003 • Fulfilling The Promise...
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Environmental stimulus most likely to get brain’s attention is?
NOVELTY! How do we describe it?
The unexpected. Anything the brain perceives as not fitting the pattern of
its current environment
Teachers Must Distinguish
Between:
Enduring
Understandings
Important to Know and Do
Worth Being Familiar With
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Planning a Focused Curriculum Means –At the Very Least—Clarity About What
Students Should …
KNOW – Facts
– Vocabulary
– Definitions • UNDERSTAND – Principles/
generalizations
– Big ideas of the discipline
• BE ABLE TO DO –Processes
–Skills
KNOW
Facts, names, dates, places, information
• There are eight continents
• Winston Churchill
• 1066
• The Nile River
• The multiplication tables
• Procedural information (how to…)
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BE ABLE TO DO
Skills (basic skills, skills of the discipline, skills of independence, social skills, skills of production)
Verbs or phrases (not the whole activity)
– Analyze – Solve a problem to find perimeter – Write a well supported argument – Evaluate work according to specific criteria – Contribute to the success of a group or team
– Use graphics to represent data appropriately
UNDERSTAND Essential truths that give meaning to the topic Stated as a full sentence Begin with, “I want students to understand THAT…”
(not HOW… or WHY… or WHAT)
– Multiplication is another way to do addition. – People migrate to meet basic needs. – All cultures contain the same elements. – Entropy and enthalpy are competing forces in the natural world. – Voice reflects the author. – Rhythm organizes time and energy of sound & silence.
Essential Understandings:
Students will understand that...
...angles are measures of turning.
...measurement is a way of describing the world numerically.
...units of measurement give us a standard way of describing the world.
Essential Questions:
How can we describe the world around us? (How can we use numbers
to describe the world around us?)
Why do we measure?
How do we measure turns?
EUs and EQs for a Math Unit on Angles
Matthew Reames
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Fifth-Grade Science
• Concept: Cause and effect
• Lesson Topic: States of Matter
• STUDENTS WILL UNDERSTAND THAT…
– …science is governed by cause and effect relationships (Course)
– …temperature affects/determines the state of matter (lesson)
• STUDENTS WILL KNOW
– Definitions of atoms and molecules
– The states of matter
– The arrangement and movement of molecules in each state of matter
• STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
– Illustrate the arrangement of molecules in each state of matter
– Describe how temperature affects the state of matter
– Evaluate how temperature affect the state of matter of a given object
Madison County, VA Teachers, ‘07
History Example • Concept: Perspective
• Lesson Topic: World Leaders
• Understand: We can figure out what leaders are like by perceiving their
words and actions.
Different people may perceive the same leader in different ways.
• Know: Important national and world leaders; different biographical
facts and contributions of different leaders
• Do: – Describe a national or world leader.
– Distinguish how that leader would appear from 2 different groups’ perspectives
– Analyze the effects of perspective on description
If we don’t know with good precision where
we’re trying to go with our students and how
we’ll get them all there,
The odds are, we’ll miss the target!!
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Oil & Water
A steady diet of
worksheets, lectures,
extended drill out of
context,
& “covering”
curriculum
is incompatible
with the goals of
Common Core.
It promotes neither
engagement
nor
understanding…
Teaching and Learning for Understanding
Acquire important
knowledge and skills
Make Meaning of “big ideas”
Transfer learning to new
situations
Wiggins & McTighe 2011
They establish clear learning goals
Allow us to align goals, assessments, teaching,
and learning tasks
They allow us to incorporate standards AND make
meaning for students (Common Core calls on students
to work with Ks, Us, and Ds—and to integrate them.)
They give us a basis for differentiation.
Who needs which K’s & D’s
How we ensure that every student gets
meaningful access to the U’s
They tell us what strugglers should invest in
They give us a platform for extending for advanced
students
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TASKS:
Clear KUDs
Require careful thought
Focus on understanding
Problems to solve/Issues to address
Use key knowledge & skills to explore,
or extend understandings
Authentic
Require support, explanation, application,
evaluation, transfer
Criteria at or above “meets expectations”
Require metacognition, reflection, planning,
evaluation
New World Explorers
KNOW • Names of New World Explorers • Key events of contribution UNDERSTAND
• Exploration involves – risk – costs and benefits – success and failure
Do • Use resource materials to illustrate & support ideas
New World Explorers
Using a teacher-provided list of resources and list of product options, show how 2 key explorers took chances, experienced success and failure, and brought about both positive and negative change. Provide proof/evidence.
Using reliable and defensible research, develop a way to show how New World Explorers were paradoxes. Include and go beyond the unit principles
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Counting/Math Center
Task 1 Find a way to count and show
how many people are in our class
today.
How did you get your answer?
Task 2 Find a way to show how many
people are in our class.
How many absent today?
How many are here today?
How do you know?
Task 3 Find a way to show how many
boys are in our class today.
How many boys are absent today?
How many girls are here today?
How many girls are absent today?
Prove you are right.
Grade K
Counting (Skill)
As a result of this lesson,
students should:
Know:
Counting
More/Less
Understand:
I can talk about how I am
thinking.
I can make a plan to help me
count things.
Be Able to:
Count
Show results
Explain a plan for counting
The Voices in my Head…
Yes, but…
I’d need to
know more
about…
This could be good
because…
3 Quality DI
Is guided by on-going assessment (for
planning and feedback—not grades).
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Effective implementation of the Common Core is highly dependent on a teacher’s knowledge of the sequence of knowledge, skill, and understanding required for student success with a standard—and on the teacher’s awareness of each student’s current level of proficiency with the knowledge, skill, and understanding required for success with a standard. In other words, effective use of Common Core requires effective use of formative assessment for instructional planning and to guide students’ ability to contribute to their own growth and success.
• What’s the learning target (KUDs)?
• What prerequisite skills am I assuming students have?
• Where is everyone in relation to the KUDs (& prerequisite skills)?
• What am I going to do with the information I get to move everyone forward—in UNDERSTANDING as well as knowledge & skills? • How will I keep track of everyone’s progress? • How can I involve student in more fully understanding & investing in their growth? • How can assessment help students better understand how DI works and how they can best contribute to their own success?
Clarity with each of these elements is VERY important for effective planning.
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Where should students be right
now? (KUDS)
Next Step?
What tools?
Assessment
Instructional Sequence
Strategies/Mgmt small group instr. contracts tiering varied homework varied resources giving directions monitoring movement etc.
Who’s where?
Assessment for Instructional Planning
Preassessment
Formative assessments
Summative assessment
Learning objective
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High School Biology Interest Survey
Directions: I’ll be a better teacher for you if I understand some of your interests. In each
box below, place an interest of yours. Write briefly about how you are involved with that
interest. Note also any ways you can think of that the interest might connect with science.
Interest: Experience w/ it?: Connection w/ Science?
Interest: Experience w/ it? Connection w/ Science?
Interest:
Experience w/ it?
Connection w/ Science?
Interest:
Experience w/ it?
Connection w/ science?
Example of a brief secondary interest pre-assessment.
Directions: Complete the chart to show what you know about fractions.
Write as much as you can.
Definition Information
Examples Non-
Examples
Fraction
Useful for pre-assessment & formative assessment of readiness in many grades & subjects
Learning Profile Pre-Assessment
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Learning Profile Pre-Assessment 1. Favorite subjects in school =head color and body color • Math-purple
• Science-red
• Reading-blue
• Writing-orange
2. Least favorite subjects in school=hair color (you can design fun hair)
3. If you are a boy, use shorts. If you are a girl use the pants. Make the color pants with your favorite color.
From Mr. Wasserman’s 5th grade classroom, Henrico County Schools, VA
Learning Profile Pre-Assessment 4. Strongest multiple intelligence area=shirt color • intrapersonal-white
• Interpersonal-red
• Musical-blue
• Kinesthetic-black
• Logical mathematical-yellow
• Verbal/linguistic-purple
• Visual/spatial-orange
• Naturalist-green
5. Learning preference =shoe color • Visual-white
• Auditory-black
• Kinesthetic-brown
From Mr. Wasserman’s 5th grade classroom, Henrico County Schools, VA
Learning Profile Pre-Assessment 6.If you prefer to work alone on project , put on stripes. If you
prefer to work in groups, draw polka dots on your shirts. 7. If you like to be challenged and learn new and difficult
things, design a hat for your self.
From Mr. Wasserman’s 5th grade classroom Henrico County Schools, VA
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Mesopotamia
Geography
Economy
Lifestyle Select 2 and
explain how they
are connected
What’s the understanding
reflected in this example?
An Example of Pre-assessing Student Readiness in a Primary Classroom
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A Formative Assessment in Art
What is perspective? One of a variety of methods artists use to create depth and dimension
What techniques do artists use to create perspective in drawing?
Show an example of perspective?
Explain technique(s) you used to create perspective in your portfolio drawing and why you chose it/them.
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EXIT CARDS
On your exit card---
Explain the difference between a folk tale and a fairy tale. Give some examples of each as part of your explanation.
Exit Cards: Science
Name:
• Draw the earth’s orbit around the sun.
• Briefly explain what causes the seasons.
Use illustrations, if necessary.
• How have your opinions about this topic
changed? What questions do you still
have about how seasons happen?
Beasley, 2012
Building a Persuasive Paragraph
KNOW: Parts that come together to create a persuasive paragraph
Purpose of a persuasive paragraph
Topic sentence, elaboration, concluding statement, persuasive
paragraph
UNDERSTAND: The structure of text influences meaning.
DO: Students will…
1. Organize an individual paragraph with topic sentence, relevant
elaboration, and a concluding sentence
2. Analyze a paragraph to identify key components of a persuasive
paragraph
3rd Grade
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Pre-Assessment • Administered during previous week • Writing prompt • What do you think?
– Read the following prompt and let us know what you think about this issue. Write a paragraph that would help someone know what your point of view is about the decision.
– The school board met and decided that recess would no longer be needed in school. They felt that it would help students spend more time learning without being interrupted each day for recess. What do YOU think?
• Include a question about what interests them—in order to select topics that students are passionate about.
• Results: – Group A– Writing indicated that they were comfortable with the organization of
their argument – Group B – Writing indicated that they struggled with organizing their argument
Steps in Lesson
• Reintroduce the pre-assessment topic and have the students Think-Pair-Share about their own opinion of the topic. Ask pairs to read the two sample paragraphs (both with the same opinion, but one is organized well, and another is not) and talk about which one they felt was more persuasive.
• Introduce to the whole group the vocabulary of organizing a paragraph (topic sentence, supporting details, elaboration, concluding sentence). As a class, go through each definition while all students highlight the example in the example paragraph with markers (Green – topic sentence, Blue- supporting details, Orange- elaborations, Red- concluding sentence).
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Sample Paragraph
• There are many reasons why we shouldn’t have recess during the school day. First of all, if we didn’t have recess, we would have more time to work on projects in school without being interrupted. Sometimes I am in the middle of something really, really important and then all of a sudden, we have to stop and I have to leave it behind. By not having recess, fewer students would get hurt. It seems that every time we are out on the playground, someone trips or falls and needs to go to the nurse. Finally, by not having recess, we might do better on tests. Everyone would have longer to study and we could all get A’s. So you see, if we didn’t have recess, it would be good for our school.
Beasley, 2012
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Groups
• Quarter Pounder Group – Grab your boxes and meet at the left side table
• Big Mac Group – Grab your boxes and meet at the right side table
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Quarter Pounder Group • Pick up the Quarter Pounder boxes. With a partner, work on the
jumbled paragraph inside your box. When you feel that it is organized, retrieve the answer key and check your work. Glue your corrected paragraph to your paper and turn in.
• Meet with teacher to talk about a model for persuasive paragraphs. Your teacher will give you a graphic organizer that will be used to organize your paragraph.
• Complete the following assignment
Using the graphic organizer, choose one of the following topics and tell us what you think about…
– Whether chewing gum should be allowed in class, whether students should be allowed to bring toys to school, whether dogs make better pets than cats.
Your task will be graded according to how well you demonstrate an understanding of the organization of a persuasive paragraph.
Beasley, 2012
Graphic organizer for
Quarter Pounder
Group
Topic:_____________________
By_____________________
______
1. Elaboration:
2. Elaboration:
1. Elaboration:
2. Elaboration:
1. Elaboration:
2. Elaboration:
Topic Sentence:
Supporting Detail:
Supporting Detail:
Supporting Detail:
Concluding Statement:
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Big Mac Group • Pick up the Big Mac boxes. With a partner, work on the jumbled
paragraph inside your box. When you feel that it is organized, raise your hands to have your teacher check your answer. Glue your corrected paragraph to your paper and turn in.
• Meet with teacher to talk about a model for persuasive paragraphs. Your teacher will give you a graphic organizer that will be used to organize your paragraph.
• Complete the following assignment:
Using the graphic organizer, choose one of the following topics and tell us what you think about…
– Whether chewing gum should be allowed in class, whether students should be allowed to bring toys to school, whether dogs make better pets than cats.
– If you need a hint, go to retrieve an “extra topping” from our jars!
Your task will be graded according to how well you demonstrate an understanding of the organization of a persuasive paragraph.
Beasley, 2012
Graphic organizer for
Big Mac Group
Topic:_____________________
By_____________________
______
1. Elaboration: What is an example of how I know the supporting detail
is true?
2. Elaboration: What is another example of how I know the supporting
detail is true?
1. Elaboration: What is an example of how I know the supporting detail
is true?
2. Elaboration: What is another example of how I know the supporting
detail is true?
1. Elaboration: What is an example of how I know the supporting detail
is true?
2. Elaboration: What is another example of how I know the supporting
detail is true?
Topic Sentence: What do I believe about this?
What is my overall opinion about this?
Supporting Detail: What is one reason that I believe what I said in my
topic sentence?
Concluding Statement: How can I let the reader know that
I’m finished with giving supporting details? (Hint: Start
with, “So…” or “Therefore…” or “In summary…”)
Supporting Detail: What is another reason that I believe what I said in
my topic sentence?
Supporting Detail: What is another reason that I believe what I said
in my topic sentence?
Beasley, 2012
“Extra Toppings” Example
Whether chewing gum should be allowed in class
Which would make a student happier?
How would this affect talking in class?
How would gum affect gym class?
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Future Steps in Lesson (cont’d) • Students present their writing; teacher assesses
products for student understanding of the organization of persuasive paragraphs
• Re-teach as necessary • Formative assessment of and instruction on making
a link between supportive details and opinion • Eventual summative assessment: Writing a
persuasive paragraph – Students will choose a side of an argument and build a
logical case for their opinion. – The paragraph will need to be
• clear, and logical • Have a strong, clear topic sentence staging the writer’s opinion • Have supporting details with elaborations • Includes a concluding sentence that restates the author’s point
of view