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Online, video, and print resources for differentiated instruction

 

All Kinds of Minds Learning Base 
The goal of is to provide insights into the learning challenges that students face, in an effort to help parents, teachers, and clinicians pinpoint the sources of a student's difficulties and create a plan for strengthening skills and increasing success.
Focusing on the Individual Child: Differentiated Instruction (Carroll Independent School District: Glossary, book study, resources)

 

Carol Tomlinson's Site Instructional Strategies that Support Differentiation  
Differentiated Instruction Links (Florida State University) Layered Curriculum - Katie Nunley and Tiered Curriculum  
Differentiated Instruction (National Center on Assessing the General Curriculum) Model Differentiated Science Lessons (K-6) 
Differentiated Instruction Hotlist Montgomery County Public Schools Differentiated Instruction Links
Differentiating Curriculum for Gifted Students by Sandra L. Berger. Teaching in Mixed-ability Classrooms by Mary Ann Hess. 
Differentiating Instruction for Advanced Learners in the Mixed Ability Middle School Classroom by Carol A. Tomlinson Tools for Schools - Differentiated Instruction Checklist and Resources (28-page PDF)
Effective Strategies to Differentiate Your Curriculum! Using Technology to Differentiate Instruction - Baltimore County Public Schools, a recommended site
Enhance Learning with Technology Differentiated Instruction West Bloomfield Schools - Differentiated Instruction -

Key Resources for Differentiated Instruction

Prepared by Susan D. Allan, Ph.D. - 3/05/07                PDF version

Best overviews:

Tomlinson, Carol Ann, How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed Ability Classrooms, (2nd ed.) Alexandria, VA: ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), 2000

Tomlinson, Carol Ann, The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners, Alexandria, VA: ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), 1999


On Leadership:

Tomlinson, Carol and Allan, Susan D., Leadership for Differentiating Schools and Classrooms, Alexandria, VA: ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), 2000


General Strategies and Particular Populations of Students:

Benjamin, Amy, Differentiated Instruction: A Guide for Middle and High School Teachers, New York, Eye on Education, 2002

Gregory, Gayle and Chapman, Carolyn, Differentiated Instructional Strategies, California, Corwin Press, Inc., 2002

Parke, Beverly, Gifted Students in Regular Classrooms, Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1989

Parke, Beverly, Discovering Programs for Talent Development, California, Corwin Press, Inc., 2003

Wormeli, Rick, Fair Isn’t Always Equal:  Assessing & Grading in the Differentiated Classroom, Portland, Maine, Stenhouse Publishers and the National Middle School Association, 2006

Winebrenner, Susan, Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom, Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing, 1992

Winebrenner, Susan, Teaching Kids With Learning Difficulties in the Regular Classroom, Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing, 1996


Anthologies of Units:

Samara, John, Pedraza, Carlos, and Curry, James, Designing Effective Middle School Units and Designing Effective Units for Intermediate Grades Glenview, IL: IAGC (Illinois Association for Gifted Children), 1992,1993 and Developing Units for Primary Students, Bowling Green, KY: KAGE (Kentucky Association for Gifted Education) Publications, 1994

Tomlinson, Carol. A. and Eidson, Carolyn, Differentiation in Practice:  A Resource Guide for Differentiating Curriculum in Grades K - 5, Alexandria, Va. ASCD, 2003

Tomlinson, Carol. A. and Eidson, Carolyn, Differentiation in Practice:  A Resource Guide for Differentiating Curriculum in Grades 5 - 9, Alexandria, Va. ASCD, 2003

Tomlinson, Carol. A. and Eidson, Carolyn, Differentiation in Practice:  A Resource Guide for Differentiating Curriculum in Grades 9 -12, Alexandria, Va. ASCD, 2005


In-Service Video Materials:

Challenging the Gifted in the Regular Classroom, Alexandria, Virginia: ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), 1994

Differentiating Instruction, Alexandria, Virginia: ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), 1997

At Work in the Differentiated Classroom, Alexandria, Virginia: ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), 2001

Instructional Strategies for the Differentiated Classroom, Alexandria, Virginia: ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), 2003


Related:

Marzano J., Pickering, Debra J.; Pollock, Jane E.; Pollock, Robert; Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement, Alexandria, VA: ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), 2000

Silver, H., Strong, R. and Perini, M.; So Each May Learn: Integrating Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences, Alexandria, VA: ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), 2000

Wormeli, Rick, Meet Me In the Middle:  Becoming an Accomplished Middle Level Teacher, Portland, Maine, Stenhouse Publishers and the National Middle School Association, 2001


Websites

ASCD, website of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, has materials, an online course, conferences, etc.  www.ascd.org

Curriculum and Instruction, website of the Grosse Pointe Public School System, has various sections on curriculum and instruction issues, including a section on differentiation.  Also has links to additional differentiation websites.   www.gpschools.org/ci

Carol Tomlinson, this is the personal web page of the preeminent developer for differentiated instruction, http://www.caroltomlinson.com

Greenfield School Community and Arts College, general overview with additional links, www.greenfield.durham.sch.uk/differentiation.htm

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