Drawing on nearly three decades of experience, Carol Ann Tomlinson describes a way of thinking about teaching and learning that will change all aspects of how you approach students and your classroom. She looks to the latest research on learning, education, and change for the theoretical basis of differentiated instruction and why it's so important to today's children. She offers much more than theory, filling the pages with real-life examples of teachers and students using and benefiting...
Drawing on nearly three decades of experience, Carol Ann Tomlinson describes a way of thinking about teaching and learning that will change all aspects of how you approach students and your classroom. She looks to the latest research on learning, education, and change for the theoretical basis of differentiated instruction and why it's so important to today's children. She offers much more than theory, filling the pages with real-life examples of teachers and students using and benefiting from differentiated instruction.
Chapter 1. What Is a Differentiated Classroom?Chapter 2. Elements of DifferentiationChapter 3. Rethinking How We Do Schooland for WhomChapter 4. Learning Environments That Support Differentiated InstructionChapter 5. Good Instruction as a Basis for Differentiated TeachingChapter 6. Teachers at Work Building Differentiated ClassroomsChapter 7. Instructional Strategies That Support DifferentiationChapter 8. More Instructional Strategies to Support DifferentiationChapter 9. How Do Teachers Make It All Work?Chapter 10. When Educational Leaders Seek Differentiated ClassroomsA Final ThoughtAppendix: Two Models to Guide Differentiated InstructionBibliographyIndexAbout the Author