Differentiating the High School Classroom :

This guide illustrates solutions in action with examples, scenarios, and practice assignments to help teachers differentiate content, process, assignments, and assessments in high school classrooms.

Acknowledgments

ix

About the Author

xi

Introduction: I Just Can't Do That in MY School/Classroom/Situation

xiii

Teachers Are Creative People

xiv

Laugh and the World Laughs With You

xv

So What Is Differentiated Instruction?

xvii

Solution to Obstacle 1: I Long to Return to the Good Old Days

1

(10)

A Description of the Issue

3

(6)

Solution Strategies

9

(2)

Solution to Obstacle 2: I Thought I Was Differentiating

11

(6)

A Description of the Issue

11

(1)

Solution Strategies

12

(2)

Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle

14

(3)

Solution to Obstacle 3: I Teach the Way I Was Taught

17

(6)

A Description of the Issue

17

(1)

Solution Strategies

18

(1)

Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle

19

(4)

Solution to Obstacle 4: I Don't Know How

23

(12)

A Description of the Issue

23

(1)

Solution Strategies

24

(5)

Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle

29

(3)

Example of a Layered Curriculum Unit

32

(3)

Solution to Obstacle 5: I Have Too Much Content to Cover

35

(6)

A Description of the Issue

35

(1)

Solution Strategies

36

(1)

Realize You Can't Lecture Fast Enough

37

(2)

Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle

39

(2)

Solution to Obstacle 6: I'm Good at Lecturing

41

(10)

A Description of the Issue

41

(1)

Classrooms May Result in a Power Struggle

42

(2)

Solution Strategies

44

(2)

Perception Is Everything

46

(1)

Gain Control by Giving Up Some of It

46

(2)

Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle

48

(3)

Solution to Obstacle 7: I Can't See How I Would Grade All Those Different Assignments

51

(8)

A Description of the Issue

51

(1)

Solution Strategies

52

(5)

Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle

57

(2)

Solution to Obstacle 8: I Thought Differentiated Instruction Was for Elementary Schools

59

(6)

A Description of the Issue

61

(2)

Solution Strategies

63

(1)

Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle

63

(2)

Solution to Obstacle 9: I Subscribe to Ability Grouping

65

(8)

A Description of the Issue

66

(1)

Segregation Within the Classroom

67

(1)

Preparing Global Thinkers

68

(1)

Solution Strategies

68

(2)

Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle

70

(3)

Solution to Obstacle 10: I Have Real Logistic Issues

73

(8)

A Description of the Issue

73

(1)

Solution Strategies and Practice Assignments for Overcoming These Obstacles

73

(8)

Solution to Obstacle 11: I Want My Classroom Under Control

81

(8)

A Description of the Issue

81

(1)

Perception of Control Trumps All

82

(1)

Leadership Style Determines Perception of Control

83

(1)

Solution Strategies

84

(1)

Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle

85

(4)

Solution to Obstacle 12: I Don't Know How to Measure My Students' Learning Styles

89

(8)

A Description of the Issue

89

(1)

Solution Strategies

90

(2)

Take a Cue From Your IEPs

92

(1)

Provide a Home Base

93

(1)

Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle

94

(3)

Solution to Obstacle 13: I Have Neither the Time nor the Funding for All That

97

(6)

A Description of the Time Issue

97

(1)

I Don't Have the Time to Plan for All That

97

(1)

Solution Strategies

98

(1)

Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle

98

(1)

A Description of the Funding Issue

99

(1)

Solution Strategies and Practice

Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle

100

(3)

Solution to Obstacle 14: I've Been Teaching This Way for Years and It Works

103

(6)

A Description of the Issue

103

(1)

Solution Strategies

104

(1)

Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle

105

(4)

Solution to Obstacle 15: There's No Support for It at My School

109

(6)

A Description of the Issue

111

(2)

Solution Strategies

113

(1)

Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle

113

(2)

Solution to Obstacle 16: My District Requires Me to Follow a Prescribed Text

115

(6)

A Description of the Issue

115

(1)

Textbook Options Can Create More Effective Readers

115

(1)

A Variety of Reading Materials Keeps Information Updated

116

(1)

A Variety of Texts Makes the Information Available to More Students

117

(1)

Solution Strategies

118

(1)

Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle

119

(2)

Solution to Obstacle 17: Parents Expect Lecture Format in High School for College Prep

121

(8)

A Description of the Issue

121

(1)

Differentiated Reading Strategies Help Prepare Students for College Learning

122

(2)

Solution Strategies

124

(3)

Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle

127

(2)

Solution to Obstacle 18: The Bottom Line—If They Are Learning, You Are Teaching

129

(4)

A Description of the Issue

129

(1)

Some Students Struggle With Linguistic-Dependent Input and Output

130

(1)

Some Students Struggle With Visual Input and Output

131

(1)

Solution Strategies

132

(1)

Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle

132

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

133

(8)

Layered Curriculum and Other Specific Strategies for Differentiating Instruction

133

(1)

Neuroscience and Learning

134

(1)

Inclusion Strategies

135

(1)

Control Theory and Self-Efficacy

135

(2)

Pedagogical Theory

137

(1)

History of the United States School System

138

(1)

Classroom and School Leadership

139

(2)

References

141

(6)

Index

147

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Differentiating the High School Classroom : Solution Strategies for 18 Common Obstacles

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