Differentiation Strategies

Below is a checklist of statements that will be used to help you identify relevant strategies you can use to address the issue(s) you have identified. For this checklist you will be responding to statements related to how you feel about your knowledge and confidence regarding particular issues you might be encountering.

  1. Read each statement and check either the Yes box or the No box for each statement.
  2. After responding to all the statements, click the Suggest strategies button at the bottom. All statements require a response in order to have strategies suggested.
  3. Your responses will be used to show you relevant categories of strategies, both foundation and more intensive strategies.

Note: When you bookmark or share the link to this page, it will include your responses as part of the address.


Questions

  • I need more ways to identify and profile where students are at in the curriculum.
  • I need ideas for how I can present work differently for students who struggle to grasp new concepts.
  • I need ideas to present information to students who struggle to understand verbal or written explanations.
  • I need ideas to give students more time to practice skills before moving to new content.
  • I need ideas to engage specific students during instruction.
  • I need assistance to support students who have difficulty accessing class materials.
  • I need assistance to support students who find the class environment distracting or overwhelming.
  • I need assistance to support students who have difficulty with seeing information or materials.
  • I need assistance to support students who have difficulty hearing.
  • I need assistance to support students who need to take a break.
  • I need assistance to support students who have difficulty organising materials or tasks.
  • I need assistance to support students who have physical or motor difficulties.
  • I need assistance to determine whether I should adjust the curriculum for a student who is struggling to learn new concepts even after I have adjusted the instruction and resources.
  • I need assistance to determine what prerequisite skills the student needs to have to learn content at the expected level.
  • I need ideas to adjust curriculum for students who I have assessed as struggling to understand the majority of concepts at the expected level.
  • I need ideas for student(s) who struggle to complete assessments even though they understand the content.
  • I need ideas to adjust for students who have difficulty with the format (written, verbal, length, layout, etc.) of the assessment.
  • I need ideas to implement adjustments for students who have difficulty with the time limits of assessment.
  • I need ideas to support students who make frequent errors even though they understand the concepts.
  • I need ideas to manage instruction for students who learn at different rates or have different learning needs.
  • I need ideas to flexibly plan and manage assessment for student who have different assessment needs.
  • I need ideas to plan lessons in ways which allow me to plan and prepare adjustments for specific students.
  • I need ideas to use groups as a means of adjustment for students with different needs?
  • I need ideas to use peers as a means of adjustment for students with different needs.

Please answer all questions to continue.