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Strategies for Differentiation

This discussion is part of a collection:Strategies for Teaching Students Struggling With Mathematics

Submitted by bethb on August 17, 2012 - 14:22

Just as all students do not learn in the same way, not all teachers teach in the same way. What strategies for differentiation work best in your classroom?

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not what you might expect

Submitted by Uncle Bob on August 31, 2012 - 15:41.

I organize heterogeneous groups, teach them cooperative skills, give them challenging (low threshold/high ceiling) problems, and expect them to express (often write) about their reasoning and conclusions. This allows me time to give individual attention to students at all ability levels. I encourage interactions among the groups too, so that struggling students are tapping into more resources than just the teacher.