05+Math-%20Differentiated%20Instruction


 * Differentiated Instruction**


 * Summary:** We attended two workshops with Amy Germundson where we learned about differentiation. We spent the year creating and studying our own differentiated tasks. We then presented what we had learned about differentiation at the 2009 summer meeting.


 * Rationale:** We found it challenging to work on topics that were course sensitive since we were teaching courses at different levels. The focus of our fourth year meetings was on differentiation, and since this was something we were all interested in learning more about, we picked this teaching strategy as our lesson study focus.


 * What We Learned:**


 * We learned to view differentiation as a mindset that includes ideas about flexible grouping, questions that encourage growth, respectful and meaningful tasks, and all students working toward the same big idea.
 * Through our lesson study we learned how to create and study tasks that are differentiated by readiness and learning profile to motivate all students and encourage growth.
 * We also learned that using KUDs when designing differentiated tasks are helpful to identify the big ideas of the lessons and to see what students should know, understand, and be able to do.


 * Resources:**

Tasks: > > > > > >
 * Andrew - Calculus activities (by learning profile)
 * Arielle - Mark and recapture - proportions (by readiness)
 * Ashleigh - Solving linear systems graphically (by learning profile)
 * Derek - Summary of probability concepts (by readiness)
 * Emily - NASA space launch - quadratics (by learning profile)
 * Sujata - Cell phone plans - linear equations (by learning profile)

At the KSTF summer meeting in 2009, we presented our work. This is the PowerPoint we used.

 We found that organizing our KUDs in this form helped us continually reflect on the big ideas of our differentiated tasks.

Slope Logarithms Proportional Reasoning Differentiated Instruction
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