Differentiated Instruction (DI)
"Differentiated instruction is a teaching philosophy based on the premise that teachers should adapt instruction to student differences. Rather than marching students through the curriculum in lockstep, teachers should modify their instruction to meet students' varying readiness levels, learning preferences, and interests. Therefore, the teacher proactively plans a variety of ways to 'get at' and express learning."
--Carol Ann Tomlinson
Learning Profile Websites
Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire, North Carolina University
Learning Disabilities Pride
(click on the Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligence link at the top)
Multiple Intelligences Checklists/Inventories/Surveys
Pictorial MI Surveys
(scroll to Multiple Intelligence Inventories for Early Childhood, Grades 4-8, Adolescent-Adult)
R.A.F.T.S.
R.A.F.T.S.
Language Arts Activities
(scroll to RAFTS)
R.A.F.T.S. Gallery
Reading Strategies: RAFT
RAFT: Role/Audience/Format/Topic
RAFTS Writing Project
WritingFix: RAFTS Writing Prompts
Literacy Tips: RAFT(S)
RAFT Assignment Rubric
University of North Carolina RAFT Rubric
Evaluation Techniques: National Computational Science Leadership Program
Strategies
Access Center
ASCD – Resources for Differentiated Instruction
Bloom’s Taxonomy Verb List
Cognitive Verbs List
Differentiated Assessment and Grading
Differentiated Instruction
Differentiated Instruction: A hotlist of Websites
A list of websites related to differentiated instruction.
Differentiated Instruction Strategies and Tools
A guide to differentiated instruction.
Differentiated Reading Instruction
Small Group Alternative Lesson Structures for All Students Florida Center for Reading Research (A Guidance Document for Florida Reading First Schools)
Differentiating Instruction: Meeting Students Where They Are
Flexible Grouping
Graphic Organizers
Individual Learning Differences
Layered Curriculum - Dr. Kathie Nunley’s Website for Educators
Middle Schoolers Learn Science From Harry Potter
Model Differentiated Elementary Science Lessons
Shoreline Public Schools Differentiated Instruction Website
This site contains background information, Brain Research and Brain-Compatible Instruction, Instructional Strategies, and a list of available resources.
Strategies for Differentiating
Teaching in Mixed-ability Classrooms
Article about differentiated instruction in the classroom.
Technology Tips for Differentiating Instruction
Tiered Curriculum Project
This site contains tiered K-12 lessons in Math, Science, and Language Arts
