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Differentiation Strategies/ Research/ Resources


This page was created for educators in the Heartland AEA service area to learn more about differentiated curriculum and instruction. All educators in the Heartland service area are welcome to use the materials cited.


We have added a PowerPoint presentation created by Mary Schmidt (Heartland AEA School Improvement Consultant) called Losing Sight of the Shore. If you have PowerPoint on your computer, click here for the presentation. If you don't have PowerPoint, click here to view the presentation. (Added 1-4-02).


Heartland AEA Professional Library Materials
Click here for a minicatalog of books and a minicatalog of inservice videos for learning more about differentiation and classroom strategies (added 4-13-2004). Requires Acrobat Reader.
Differentiated Curriculum Journal Articles
Click on the title to read full-text journal articles on best practices, research, and programs. Please use Netscape 3.0 or higher or Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher to view the full-text articles. Depending inyour Internet access, you may be asked to enter a username/password. Use the username/password provided for the EBSCO database (your school librarian will have that information).
 
Different Learners Different Lessons . By: Tomlison, Carol Ann; Dockterman, David. Instructor, Sep2002, Vol. 112 Issue 2, p21, 5p

Differentiation. By: Tukey, Lori. Phi Delta Kappan, Sep2002, Vol. 84 Issue 1, p63, 2p

Individualized responses: Using journal letters as a vehicle for differentiated reading instruction. By: Werderich, Donna E.. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, May2002, Vol. 45 Issue 8, p746, 9p

Differentiation Requires HOPE. By: Delisle, James R.. Gifted Child Today Magazine, Winter2002, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p56, 2p

Curriculum Differentiation: Sophistication. By: Coleman, Mary Ruth. Gifted Child Today Magazine, Spring2001, Vol. 24 Issue 2, p24, 2p

On the Road to Differentiated Practice. By: Pettig, Kim L.. Educational Leadership, Sep2000, Vol. 58 Issue 1, p14, 5p

Baby Steps: A Beginner's Guide. By: Wehrmann, Kari Sue. Educational Leadership, Sep2000, Vol. 58 Issue 1, p19, 5p

Instructional Effectiveness and Instructional Efficiency as Considerations for Data-Based Decision Making: An Evaluation of Interspersing Procedures
. By: Cates, Gary L.; Skinner, Christopher H.; Watson, T. Steuart; Meadows, Tawnya J.; Weaver, Adam; Jackson, Bertha. School Psychology Review, 2003, Vol. 32 Issue 4, p601, 16p

Problem Solving and Gifted Education: A Differentiated Fifth-Grade Fantasy Unit. By: Smith, Kenneth; Weitz, Mitchele. Gifted Child Today Magazine, Summer2003, Vol. 26 Issue 3, p56, 5p

Differentiated Instruction and a Game of Golf. By: Tukey, Lori. Education Digest, Nov2002, Vol. 68 Issue 3, p37, 4p

Differentiating Cooperative Learning. By: Schniedewind, Nancy; Davidson, Ellen. Educational Leadership, Sep2000, Vol. 58 Issue 1, p24, 4p

Gifted Students Need an Education, Too. By: Winebrenner, Susan. Educational Leadership, Sep2000, Vol. 58 Issue 1, p52, 5p

Shifting into High Gear. By: Schneider, Evelyn. Educational Leadership, Sep2000, Vol. 58 Issue 1, p57, 4p

When Changes for the Gifted Spur Differentiation for All. By: Page, Sandra W.. Educational Leadership, Sep2000, Vol. 58 Issue 1, p62, 4p

Who Wants to Differentiate Instruction? We Did... By: Fahey, John A.. Educational Leadership, Sep2000, Vol. 58 Issue 1, p70, 3p

Differentiation in the Classroom. By: Pool, Carolyn R.. Educational Leadership, Sep2000, Vol. 58 Issue 1, p96, 1p

Mom...Apple Pie...and Differentiation. By: Delisle, James R.. Gifted Child Today Magazine, Sep/Oct2000, Vol. 23 Issue 5, p36, 2p

Differentiating Instruction. Gifted Child Today Magazine, Jul/Aug2000, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p8, 2p; (AN 3506800)

It's time; Sandra N Kaplan; Gifted Child Today, Waco; Spring 2001

Differentiated curriculum and the nature of open-ended activities; Anonymous; Gifted Child Today Magazine, Waco; Mar/Apr 1999

Accountability for gifted students; James J Gallagher; Phi Delta Kappan, Bloomington; Jun 1998

Differentiated instruction: Can it work?; Carol Ann Tomlinson; The Education Digest, Ann Arbor; Jan 2000

Mapping a route toward differentiated instruction; Carol Ann Tomlinson; Educational Leadership, Alexandria; Sep 1999

How to use thinking skills to differentiate curricula for gifted and highly creative students; Andrew Johnson; Gifted Child Today, Waco; Fall 2001

Different Learners Different Lessons . By: Tomlison, Carol Ann; Dockterman, David. Instructor, Sep2002, Vol. 112 Issue 2, p21, 5p

Differentiating Instruction. Gifted Child Today Magazine, Jul/Aug2000, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p8, 2p

Differentiated Instruction: Can It Work? By: Tomlinson, Carol Ann. Education Digest, Jan2000, Vol. 65 Issue 5, p25

Teach me, teach my brain a call for differentiated classrooms. By: Tomlinson, Carol Ann; Kalbfleisch, M. Layne. Educational Leadership, Nov98, Vol. 56 Issue 3, p52, 4p

Let's put the fighting behind us and serve our gifted... By: Callard-Szulgit, Rosemary S.. Gifted Child Today Magazine, Jul/Aug98, Vol. 21 Issue 4, p46, 2p

Deciding to differentiate instruction in middle school: One school's journey. By: Tomlinson, Carol Ann. Gifted Child Quarterly, Spring95, Vol. 39 Issue 2, p77, 11p


Research Summaries
Research Link: Preparing Teachers for Differentiated Instruction by John Holloway

Web Wonders: Differentiation in the Classroom by Carolyn Pool

The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners by Carol Ann Tomlinson

ERIC Digests
ERIC Digests are 3-4 page summaries of the latest educational research. They often include extensive bibliographic references.
Differentiating Curriculum for Gifted Students

Differentiating Instruction for Advanced Learners in the Mixed-Ability Middle School Classroom

Differentiation of Instruction in the Elementary Grades

Web Sites
Here are some demos from ASCD's online course on differentiated instruction.


Lesson 1: What is Differentiated Instruction?

Enhance Learning with Technology: Differentiated Instruction
http://www.cssd.ab.ca/tech/otn/learn/differentiating.html

What is Differentiated Instruction?
http://www.scusd.edu/gate_ext_learning/differentiated.htm

Teaching in Mixed-Ability Classrooms
http://www.weac.org/kids/1998-99/march99/differ.htm

AASA Leadership for Differentiated Classrooms

Issues for Administrators in Differentiated Instruction
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/curry/dept/edlf/gifteded/NRC/projects/nagchandouts/adminstrators_files/v3_document.htm

Student Portfolio Basics: Differentiated Instruction
http://www.cedu.niu.edu/tedu/portfolio/diffclass.htm

Differentiated Instruction Concept Map
ideanet.doe.state.in.us/gt/pdf/pdweb.pdf

Principles of a Differentiated Curriculum for Gifted/Talented
http://www.ih.k12.oh.us/MSHERRMANN/PRINDIFF.htm

Gifted and Talented: Differentiated Curriculum
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/centoff/gifttal/giftdiff.htm

A Different Place: Differentiated Curriculum
http://www.adifferentplace.org/differentiated.htm

 

Created by Heartland AEA (last update 4-13-2004).