Differentiating Can Be Easy

Presented by:

Irene Runco

Brittany Libell

Woodland Hills High School

Differentiation is:

Varying instruction and assessment to accommodate differences in learning styles and skill levels.

The 3 Learning Styles

The 3 Learning Styles

VisualAuditoryTactile/Kinesthetic

Visual

This is the student who needs to see examples on the board, on the overhead, or within a power point.

This student learns by reading notes.

This student will be able to remember what they have seen.

Auditory

This is the student who needs to hear problems, definitions, and explanations.

This student learns by hearing and paraphrasing information.

This student will be able to remember what they have heard.

These students make use of acronyms.

Tactile/Kinesthetic

This is the student who needs to move or touch during the learning process.

This student learns by taking notes, or using manipulatives in a lesson.

This student will be able to remember what they have written or what they have done.

They frequently doodle while taking notes, or will take a lot of notes.

They will move around as they talk or as they think—they fidget and often need breaks in order to move.

Great, so how do I engage them?

Visual learners

Present written notes and information.Have the student read from the textbook—they

need to read while the auditory will benefit from hearing the text.

When giving hand outs, make them as visually appealing as possible.

Encourage them to use highlighters to color main ideas.

Use of different colors of chalk, marker, etc. is very helpful to them

Activities for Visual Learners

Diagrams Cartoons Posters

Flash cards Games Collages

Bulletin boards Power points Graphs

Charts Crossword puzzles

Recipes

Auditory Learners

Remember: only about 30 % of students are auditory learners, but they will remember 75% of what they hear.

This is the type of student who benefits from hearing other students read out loud.

This student will do better if he/she can do an oral presentation instead of written report.

This student will process information easily if flashcards of different colors for different types are used.

Activities for Auditory Learners

Oral presentations

Teaching the class

Verbal games

Songs/ raps Peer tutoring Demonstrations

“talk a mile a minute”

Brief activities Activities based on tv shows

Caution: too much noise/ silence can easily distract

Tactile/Kinesthetic Learners

Can remember what they do, what they experience with their hands

Have good motor coordinationEnjoy making and creatingWill take notes to keep busy and on track.Enjoy using computersRemember things if they can move around while

learning… might pace while trying to review.

Activities for Tactile/Kinesthetic Learners

Field trips Calculators Games

Posters Modeling Science labs

Chair hop Surveys “Make” the game

Projects Math aerobics Role playing

So now that I’ve taught them, how do I assess what they know?

What do you do that works well with various learning styles ?

Time to share

Building Your Own Activities

Chinese menuChair HopCard SortingSkills Scavenger Hunt

Website links you might like

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

www.shodor.org/interactivatehttp://mathforum.org/www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~grichert/

sciweb/mathg.htm http://www.framingham.edu/faculty/

smabrouk/Interactive/index.htm

Thanks for your time and attention

Please feel free to contact us :

Brittany Libel Irene RuncoWoodland Hills HS412-244-1100Libebr@whsd.netRuncir@whsd.net