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How to Differentiate Teaching for the advancement of learner Thinking Skills: Simplifying Approaches to Teaching &Learning Series (Part 5)

100mentors

In the current installment, we will see how a cluster of specific thinking skills, that are put forward by both the IBO and contemporary educational research, can surface through differentiated teaching. Acknowledge your learners as individuals through differentiated instruction.

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How to Differentiate Teaching for the advancement of student Thinking Skills: Simplifying Approaches to Teaching & Learning Series (Part 5)

100mentors

In the current installment, we will see how a cluster of specific thinking skills, that are put forward by both the IBO and contemporary educational research, can surface through differentiated teaching. Acknowledge your students as individual learners through differentiated instruction.

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Three Things We Learned at Khan Academy Over the Last Decade

Edsurge

I think we all knew, even back then, that technology could one day deliver on the long-held dream of helping teachers to differentiate instruction for every student. Technology can be pen and paper, or adaptive software, or whatever is most helpful for the learning task at hand. Not the other way around.

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17 things to know about K-12 OER textbooks

Hapara

You can differentiate instruction with K-12 OER textbooks. It’s essential then for educators to provide differentiation so students stay engaged and can succeed. With easy access to OER options online, differentiated instruction doesn’t have to be complicated. The Every Student Succeeds Act encourages OER.

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n2y Wows Judges and Receives 2020 CODiE Awards

N2Y

While unifying the entire stakeholder team, it supports teachers with time-saving, standards-aligned, differentiated instruction and assessment; compliance reporting; behavior management; relevant symbol-supported resources; weekly current events; and skill building games—all powered by best-in-class professional development.

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'Lost in the Cracks' Alabama District Brings Personalized Learning to Incarcerated Youth

Edsurge

In 2015, after the state passed a law requiring each local board of education to have a virtual option for students in grades 9-12, the Athens City School District created Renaissance. He also uses Mobymax, a software that boasts the ability to help students “find and fix” learning gaps in several subjects.

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Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?

The Hechinger Report

Rogers Elementary became one of five schools in the Dallas Independent School District to pilot personalized learning in 2015-16, principal Lisa Lovato said she and her team grappled with decisions on granular issues, such as “How long should it take a kindergartner to log into a computer?” Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report.