Y-Axis: Differentiation With Acceleration

-- Diagram from Tomlinson & Allan, Leadership for Differentiating Schools & Classrooms

DIFFERENTIATION IS:

• Differentiation can be defined as a way of teaching in which teachers proactively modify curriculum, teaching methods, resources, learning activities, and student products.


• The needs of individual students and/or small groups of students are addressed to maximize the learning opportunity for each student in the classroom. ~Tomlinson, et al.


• Differentiation is changing the pace, level or kind of instruction you provide in response to individual learner needs, styles, or interest. ~Heacox