EDEX 3340 Differentiating Instruction in Diverse Classrooms
The student will explore and employ a variety of instructional strategies for the development of cognitive, academic, social, language and functional life skills in inclusive and intervention settings. A foundation for decision making surrounding curriculum development and differentiation will be established. The student will compare specific strategies for differentiating instruction, including co-teaching, differentiating for student needs and characteristics, and addressing content, process, and products. Prerequisite: Completion of EDEX 2484. (3 lect.)
Major Topics
- Inclusive and intervention settings
- Instructional strategies
- Curriculum development and differentiation
- Influences on learning, readiness, interest, learning styles and environment
- Assessment
Outcomes
In order to successfully complete this course, the student will:
Articulate the definition of differentiated instruction and the critical components
around which differentiated instruction is designed.
Examine instructional strategies for the development of cognitive, academic, social, language, and functional life skills in inclusive and intervention settings.
Discuss how cognitive abilities, learning styles, socioeconomic and family factors, readiness, learning pace, gender and cultural influences influence learning.
Demonstrate how to plan differentiated instruction based on formal and informal assessments.
Demonstrate differentiation in the three areas for which differentiation is
appropriate: content, process, and product.