Instructional Theory

Links verified 7/27/09

1. AllKindsofMinds - "Take a close look at the skills that must be mastered, the neurodevelopmental factors that may influence student's success, and common obstacles that students may encounter on the road to mastery"
2. Bloom's Revised Taxonomy - or Bloom's Revised Taxomony PDF Sheet to print - This site contains posters and explanations.
3. Curriculum Differentiation - An overview of the research into the curriculum differentiation educational strategy
4. Differentiated Instruction - What is it?
5. Differentiated Instruction - This link contains a list of websites containing teaching strategies, lesson plans, and provides an understanding the basic concepts.
6. Differentiating Instruction - Finding Manageable Ways to Meet Individual Needs. When students are diverse, teachers can either "teach to the middle" and hope for the best, or they can face the challenge of diversifying their instruction.
7. Differentiated Instruction - Scavenger Hunt
8. Differentiated Instruction Resources - Links to handouts for skills and abilities for use in the classroom.
9. Differentiating Instruction For Advanced Learners In the Mixed-Ability Middle School Classroom - By Carol Ann Tomlinson
10. Differentiated Instruction and Implications for UDL Implementation - from CAST, the Center for Applied Special Technology based on the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
    1. Teaching Every Student
    2. Tools and Activities - This section of Teaching Every Student supports strategic learning by offering tutorials, tools, templates, and activities to help teachers put UDL into practice.
11. Differentiated Instruction - This article first appeared in Classroom Connect magazine, February, 2003. (posted on Dr. Gus' site with permission from Classroom Connect)
12. Finding Lost Children Through Differentiated Instruction - Article - “If the work matches my needs, I do better.”
13. Mapping a Route Toward Differentiated Instruction - ( by Carol Ann Tomlinson ) Striving to maximize the capacity of each learner.
14. Reconcilable Differences? Standards-Based Teaching and Differentiation - Standards-based instruction and differentiated learning can be compatible approaches in today's classrooms. (from the magazine Educational Leadership)
15. Towards inclusive schools: a study of how a teacher facilitate differentiated instruction. - This is a long, scholarly paper presented at the European Conference on Educational Research, Edinburgh, 20-23 September 2000.
16. What Differentiated Instruction Is, and Is Not