Differentiated Instruction and Adaptive Learning

What is Differentiation means DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION? tailoring instruction to meet individual needs. increase engagement Differentiated instruction aims to: improve learning outcomes help students learn more increase efficiently and with deeper understanding self-awareness inspire a love of learning WHY DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION? Classrooms are filled with students who: come from different have different attention spans have different educational have different needs language abilities and interests backgrounds have different cultural backgrounds DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOLS Hardworking teachers today are differentiating instruction according to factors such as: what they know already what they need to learn weaknesses strengths engagement level personal and course goals learning patterns The process is beneficial to students but difficult and time-consuming for teachers. How many personalized course packets, projects, and reading lists can one teacher make? DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION AT SCALE Knewton adaptive learning technology can augment teachers' work by: recommending which concepts to focus on with a learner or an entire class providing instructors, parents, and learners themselves with information about their concept-level strengths and weaknesses determining how well different instruction helping instructions zero in on learners who are and assessment struggling, inactive, or moving ahead content works for different students Knewton-assisted differentiated instruction is highly effective, ensuring that students are learning the most at any given point, freeing up more classroom time for: labs and research and field trips discussions and debates creative projects one-on-one coaching cross- disciplinary activities group-work & .collaboration metacognitive exercises 8 KNEWTON