mixed ability grouping in education

Explains how the curriculum planning model Understanding by Design (UbD) and the teaching model Differentiated Instruction (DI) fit together and can be integrated for student success, discussing such topics as responsive teaching with UbD and assessment in academically diverse classrooms.

Offers a definition of differentiated instruction, and provides principles and strategies designed to help teachers create learning environments that address the different learning styles, interests, and readiness levels found in a typical mixed-ability classroom.

Describes a variety of strategies educators can use to change the pace, level, or type of instruction in order to reach and teach all learners.

Describes what differentiated instruction is and explains its value, discussing the importance of knowing the learner; methods of assessing; adjusting, compacting, and grouping; and brain-based instructional strategies.

Examines the features of several learning styles and ways teachers can use these differences for positive results.

Contains reproducible resources and strategies to help plan and organize differentiated instruction in the fourth grade and up classroom, and includes lesson plans, student work samples, assessments, and activity pages.

Combines three educational innovations--response to intervention (RTI), technology, and differentiation--to present methods to transform schools and reform teaching.

Explains how differentiated instruction methods can be used in the classroom to help teachers meet the needs of all their students amid the realities of day-to-day teaching.

Describes a range of classroom-tested activities and strategies designed to help elementary school teachers meet the needs of a diverse student population.