Product Description

Praise for the First Edition:

"Highly recommended reading for classroom educators and a seminal contribution to Teacher Education supplemental reading lists and academic reference collections."
-Midwest Book Review

"A teacher-friendly guide to differentiating instruction based on sound theory and best practice."
-Joanne Quinn, OISE University of Toronto

"[The book] is highly recommended reading for classroom educators and a seminal contribution to Teacher Education supplemental reading lists and academic reference collections."
-Wisconsin Bookwatch , May 2002

"Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn’t Fit All provides information about strategies that will enable teachers to plan strategically so they can meet the needs of the wide variety of students in today’s highly diverse classroom. Presented in an easy-to-use format, practical techniques and processes are shared that can be used to plan and adjust learning based on pre-assessment of individual students’ knowledge, skills, experience, preferences, and needs."
-Gifted Child Today, January 2003

"My principals use Differentiated Instructional Strategies to design appropriate strategies for evaluating whether the needs of all learners have been met."
-Linda S. Tafel, Professor
National-Louis University, Evanston Campus

Find the strength and uniqueness in every child in your classroom!

Differentiated instruction enables teachers to plan strategically so they can meet the needs of each and every student in today's highly diverse classroom. Now the book offering best practices and techniques for differentiated instruction has been updated and expanded by two of the field's most respected proponents. Differentiated Instructional Strategies, Second Edition, features more of the practical techniques and processes that teachers can use to adjust learning based on individual students’ knowledge, skills, experience, preferences, and needs.

Are you looking for the best and newest research-based practices in pedagogy and assessment for learning? The ones that make a real and positive difference in student achievement are explored here in depth. Centers, Projects, Choice Boards, Problem-Based Learning, Inquiry Models, Cooperative Learning, and Contracts are all featured, complete with explanations and examples. More than 75 planning models, templates, matrixes, rubrics, graphic organizers, checklists, and questionnaires are included as well, to help teachers make the right decisions about instruction and assessment on an individual basis. This teacher-friendly guide is sure to be an important resource for any teacher, new or experienced, who wants to help every student in the classroom learn and succeed. (20060603)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9539 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Review
"Teachers are challenged each year to add strategies to their toolkit in order to meet diverse learners' needs. This edition gives teachers the opportunity to add excellent new tools that help students reach higher levels of engagement and performance." -- Lin Kuzmich, Educational Consultant 20060603 "A very in-depth analysis of teaching approaches that emphasize the need to reach more students through varied learning styles. The book points out the oft-forgotten concept that 'one size does not fit all' when it comes to teaching." -- NACADA Journal, Spring 2007 "An easy read that provides your team with ideas on how to plan strategically in order to reach the needs of diverse learners today." -- Principal Navigator, September 2006 20070411 "Most of my students are currently working as para-educators while earning their degrees and California teaching credentials, and we are all very pleased with the useful examples and suggestions for adapting lessons to meet the needs of diverse populations of learners. My students also appreciate the reasonable price, and most plan to keep the book as a professional reference tool. Kudos to Gregory and Chapman for this book." -- Cicely A. Rude, Visiting Professor

Review
"Teachers are challenged each year to add strategies to their toolkit in order to meet diverse learners' needs. This edition gives teachers the opportunity to add excellent new tools that help students reach higher levels of engagement and performance." (Lin Kuzmich, Educational Consultant 20070411)

"A very in-depth analysis of teaching approaches that emphasize the need to reach more students through varied learning styles. The book points out the oft-forgotten concept that 'one size does not fit all' when it comes to teaching." (NACADA Journal, Spring 2007 )

"An easy read that provides your team with ideas on how to plan strategically in order to reach the needs of diverse learners today." (Principal Navigator, September 2006 )

"Most of my students are currently working as para-educators while earning their degrees and California teaching credentials, and we are all very pleased with the useful examples and suggestions for adapting lessons to meet the needs of diverse populations of learners. My students also appreciate the reasonable price, and most plan to keep the book as a professional reference tool. Kudos to Gregory and Chapman for this book." (Cicely A. Rude, Visiting Professor )

About the Author
Gayle H. Gregory consults throughout Europe, Asia, North and South America, and Australia with teachers, administrators, and staff developers in the areas of differentiated instruction, emotional intelligence, brain-compatible learning, block scheduling, and instructional and assessment practices. She also works with educators in the areas of cooperative group learning, presentation skills, coaching and mentoring, renewal of secondary schools, and facilitating large-scale change. A member of both the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and the National Staff Development Council, Gregory has recently written Differentiated Instructional Strategies in Practice, Second Edition: Training, Implementation, and Supervision (Corwin Press, December 2007) and her bestsellers include Differentiating Instruction With Style: Aligning Teacher and Learner Intelligences for Maximum Achievement (Corwin Press, 2005).

Carolyn Chapman is an international educational consultant, author, and teacher who has taught in kindergarten to college classrooms. Her interactive, hands-on professional development training sessions challenge educators to use strategies that ensure success for learners of all ages. Chapman has written many books about differentiated instruction, multiple intelligences, multiple assessments, and the brain-compatible classroom. She is coauthor with Gayle Gregory of the landmark Corwin Press book Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn't Fit All.

Customer Reviews

Great book for teachers!
This book is very teacher-friendly. If you are looking to implement differentiated instruction into your classroom routine, this book provides many excellent strategies for your use. I plan to utilize several of them in the upcoming school year.

Nice book. A little pricey.
I needed this book for a master's class I am taking. It came and was everything I expected. It came quickly and in good condition. I was a little perterbed by the cost of this book in relation to it's size. A little book at a big price.

Repeated Information
this book had a lot of information, but nothing that required an entire book to cover. there were a lot of "methods" and ideas to incorporate in the classroom, but the organization of the book made it cumbersome to follow the examples. If you are the type of learner who appreciates a ton of examples this would be a great reference.