Differentiated Instruction Scavenger Hunt
by Missy Mayfield
Differentiated Instruction
Scavenger Hunt
Directions: Answer the questions about differentiated instruction in your own words using information from the web sites provided. Not all questions will be “fact matches”. You must use your prior knowledge and understanding to answer some of the questions.
1. What is Differentiated Instruction? http://differentiatedinstruction.com/
2. What is the ultimate goal of differentiated instruction? What characteristics might a teacher in a differentiated classroom have? Which one of these characteristics do you feel is most important? Why? http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/differentiate/bottom_line/
3. With what type of students was Differentiated Instruction first used? Why do you think it worked so well for these students? What four areas can be differentiated? http://help4teachers.com/stephaniepaper.htm
4. What are the eight key principles of a differentiated classroom? http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/enriched/giftedprograms/princples.shtm
5. Choose one of the Differentiated Instruction strategies at www.k8accesscenter.org/training_resources/documents/DifferentiationStrategiesTool.doc and tell how you could use it in your classroom. Be specific about a particular lesson you would use it with and how it would benefit your students. (This is a Microsoft Word document. If you do not have Microsoft Word on your computer, go to http://tinyurl.com/5gj3k3.)
