Planning and Organizing Standards-Based Differentiated Instruction - Softcover

Chapman, Carolyn M.; King, Rita S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1452299595 ISBN 13: 9781452299594

Publisher: Corwin, 2013

Synopsis

Work smarter—not harder—for effective differentiation!

This updated bestseller from authors Carol Chapman and Rita King is your comprehensive resource for standards-based, Common Core-ready differentiation. Meet your students’ individual learning needs and create a positive classroom environment. Includes ready-to-use tools, agendas, checklists, and organizers to help you:

• “Zap” gaps in learning with 12 innovative planning models
• Motivate students through diverse approaches, including choice, respect, and self-efficacy
• Identify and individualize teaching methods for students who are nervous, impatient, “turned off,” or otherwise difficult to reach
• Organize differentiated lessons and routines
• Customize parent-teacher communications for students from diverse backgrounds

About this title

About the Authors

Carolyn Chapman is an international educational consultant, author, and teacher who has taught in kindergarten to college classrooms. Her interactive, hands-on professional development training sessions challenge educators to use strategies that ensure success for learners of all ages. Chapman has written many books about differentiated instruction, multiple intelligences, multiple assessments, and the brain-compatible classroom. She is coauthor with Gayle Gregory of the landmark Corwin Press book Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn′t Fit All.

Rita King has more than 20 years of teacher training experience and administrative experience as principal and director of Middle Tennessee State University′s teacher training program in the laboratory school. Most recently, she was an adjunct professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at the university. She now consults internationally in the areas of multiple intelligences, practical applications of brain-based research, differentiated learning, reading and writing strategies, mathematics instruction, creating effective learning environments, and strategies for test success. She is the coauthor of Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Reading in the Content Areas, Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Writing in the Content Areas, and Differentiated Assessment Strategies: One Tool Doesn′t Fit All.

Edition details

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1452299595
• ISBN 13: 9781452299594
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 296