Archive

Active filters: Tag: differentiation Clear all

What do teachers think differentiation is?

Apr 24, 2017 | Category: research

In Why Knowledge Matters, ED Hirsch Jr sets out the case against differentiated instruction, saying, "the attempt to individualize the content of the language arts curriculum has been a quixotic idea...

#differentiation #PISA #adaptive instruction

Is education a zero-sum game?

Apr 18, 2015 | Category: Featured

Opportunity makes a thief.Francis Bacon A zero-sum game is one in which there is a winner and a loser; if you haven't won, you've lost. The term derives from game theory and economics and describes...

#differentiation #Roger Scruton #zero-sum game

Why do we overestimate the importance of differences?

Nov 05, 2014 | Category: learning

"For a difference to be a difference, it must make a difference." William James We're all different. Obviously. Just like snowflakes, human beings are all special, unique and entirely individual. B...

#differentiation #learning styles #cognitive bias #Carl Weiman

Differentiation: Are high expectations enough?

Jun 12, 2014 | Category: learning

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.Charles F. Kettering Last night someone retweeted a tagline from a post I wrote earlier this year: "Teach to the top, support a...

#differentiation #glue ear #high expectations

Practical differentiation: high expectations and the art of making mistakes

Feb 01, 2014 | Category: Featured

Differentiation? I hate the word as I hate Hell, all ludicrous bureaucracy, and thee!Er... Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Differentiation is one of the darkest arts in teaching. The generally accepted...

#Ofsted #Dylan Wiliam #differentiation #marking #Tom Sherrington #success criteria

Building challenge: differentiation that's quick and works

Jan 19, 2013 | Category: English

UPDATE: These two posts represent my latest think on differentiation: Is differentiation a zero-sum game? April 2015Why do we overestimate the importance of differences? November 2014Since having a go...

#Zoe Elder #Darren Mead #differentiation #Jim Smith #Lesson planning #6 degrees of separation #Before before after after #comparison alley #Lisa Jane Ashes

Differentiation: to do or not to do?

Sep 07, 2011 | Category: assessment

Of all the impossible tasks expected of poor, over-worked teachers, differentiation is the most troublesome. Why? Because on the one hand, if you did it properly every lesson you'd be reduced to a dri...

#Phil Beadle #differentiation #Dweck #Francis Gilbert