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Differentiation Strategies & Assessments for Three Groups of Students …
Differentiation Strategies & Assessments for Three Groups of Students
By: Jason Victor
High Level Students
Strategy for Differentiation
Students will choose one topic of interest related to their country, research and report on it in more depth.
More challenging materials and resources will be available to aid them in their research.
They will be told to focus on the overall trends or themes, rather than the basic details and facts of the area of interest.
Emphasis should be on studying problems that do not have a clear solution.
Independent use of the library will be given to students to complete their research.
Assessments for Tracking and Monitoring
Give the students an additional test which will help assess them at a higher level of thinking.
Provide students with materials for them to self-check their own work.
Ask students discussion based questions where the teachers are not trying to elicit a specific response.
Allow students opportunities for them to demonstrate mastery of the content.
An extra column will be added to the grading rubric with especially challenging criteria.
Mid Level Students
Strategy for Differentiation
Implement "20 Time" where students dedicate 20% of their class time towards learning more about the part of the topic that they struggled with on the pre-assessment.
Give students the autonomy and time to learn about it in whatever way works best for them.
Allow them the choice of working on this individually, in pairs or in small groups.
At the end of the project allow them a chance to demonstrate their newfound knowledge in this specific area.
Assessments for Tracking and Monitoring
Give a test that includes several different question types that addresses students' preferences
Use student-centered rubrics to evlauate student progress.
Have the students create learning portfolios that show their efforts through the course of the project.
After each lesson the students will each submit a reflection which will help the teacher monitor their progress and gauge student learning.
Low Level Students
ELL Students
Strategy for Differentiation
A variety of tiered activities will be used for these students in order to ensure that they are still receiving the same academic content as native English learners.
Worksheets will be given with simpler vocabulary on it.
Different reading materials and resources will be provided for students to do their research easier.
Visual aids will be provided to give them directions for what to do.
They will be paired during independent work time with a native English speaker to help support them.
Assessments for Tracking and Monitoring
Rubrics that provide more leeway in evaluating for grammar and vocabulary.
A shortened report rather than the longer version expected by other students.
Allow students to create visual learning portfolios to demonstrate their progress, which will help them to better showcase their learning rather than through written language.
Oral reading exercises will be administered to check for comprehension and fluency.
Special Needs Students
Strategy for Differentiation
Students will complete a graphic organizer to represent the information that they learned.
They will be given a choice of what type of graphic organizer they would like to use.
Some examples could be concept maps, Venn diagrams, story maps, and timelines.
This will help students to incorporate new knowledge.
It will also assist them in organizing this information.
Assessments For Tracking and Monitoring
A test where they are only expected to complete the questions that they are most confident in answering.
The use of simplified learning rubrics that puts extra emphasis on any strengths they may have, and disregards any gaps in learning.
Academic progress will be tracked visually through benchmark timelines.
Portfolios will be used to have the students sort pictures according to specific criteria.
