KEY TERM
Differentiation: is a framework or
philosophy for effective teaching that involves providing all students within
their diverse classroom community of learners a range of different avenues for
understanding new information (often in the same classroom) in terms of:
acquiring content; processing, constructing or making sense of ideas; and
developing teaching materials and assessment measures so that all students
within a classroom can learn effectively, regardless of differences in ability.
Differentiating instruction: teaching the same material to all students using a variety
of instructional strategies, or it may require the teacher to deliver lessons
at varying levels of difficulty based on the ability of each student.
Teaching strategies: refer to the structure, system, methods,
techniques, procedures, and processes that a teacher uses during instruction.
These are strategies the teacher employs to assist student learning.
Learning activities: refer to the teacher guided
instructional tasks or assignments for students. These are student activities.
