DIFFERENTIATING INSTRUCTION IN THE REGULAR CLASSROOM

Chapters focus on evaluation, managing both behavior and work tasks, and getting to know students. Includes connections to Common Core State Standards and information on multiple intelligences. The accompanying CD-ROM contains a professional development PowerPoint^®, the book’s reproducible forms, and further examples of curriculum maps, work cards, and matrix plans.

“At this time of increasingly standardized approaches to instruction and assessment, Diane Heacox’s book brings education back to how it works best: Actually responding to children rather than simply responding to curricular mandates.”
—Jane Bluestein, Ph.D., author of Creating Emotionally Safe Schools

“Provides a multitude of practical, teacher-tested tools and templates to help you begin or refine your own journey toward more fully differentiated instruction . . . no matter where you are in [that] journey.”
—from the foreword by Cindy A. Strickland

“A practical guide for teachers new to or interested in the process of differentiation. Drawing on Bloom’s taxonomy, Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences, and other experts in the field of educational psychology, Heacox presents several practical strategies and ideas that teachers can use to differentiate instruction at any level in any curriculum . . . The reader will come away with some good, practical suggestions for increasing the challenge level for gifted students.”
—Journal for the Education of the Gifted