SCTL 410 - Differentiating Instruction

It is important to permit movement between groups because of which of the following? * A student's performance will vary according to the task or skill. * You want to vary the students who work together out of concern for fairness. * Students need an opportunity to work on something in which they are interested. * You do not want students to attach a stigma to a group.

* A student's performance will vary according to the task or skill.

Flexible grouping best meets the needs of which age students? * Primary * Secondary * All available answer choices are correct * Elementary

* All available answer choices are correct

The key to differentiated instruction is to do which of the following? * Plan a lesson that is aimed at the average learner in your classroom. * Plan an advanced lesson and chunk it. * Plan a lesson below where you think your students' capabilities are. * Assess students' prior knowledge before planning the details of a lesson.

* Assess students' prior knowledge before planning the details of a lesson.

Working in a structured way to understand a concept is called which of the following? * Enrichment * Mastery * Concept attainment * Differentiation

* Concept attainment

What are the three things that teachers often differentiate in the curriculum? * Content, Process, and Product * Knowledge, Skill, and Attitude * Content, Skills, and Process * Process, Product, and Skills

* Content, Process, and Product

A student's readiness varies depending on personal talents and the task at hand. Thus, groups should be__________________________. * Flexible * Challenging * Static * Cooperative

* Flexible

Pre-tests for differentiation can include all of the following EXCEPT which one? * KWL chart * Journaling * Lecture * Worksheet

* Lecture

In a differentiated process, the enrichment level might involve which of the following? * Open-ended exploration and activities designed to answer the "why." * Student working on a thinking task at the application or analysis level of Bloom's Taxonomy. * Working in a structured way to understand a concept. * Helping other students who are struggling

* Open-ended exploration and activities designed to answer the "why."

Differentiating content requires that students are * Put in interest groups * Pre-tested to assess background knowledge * On grade level already * Asked what they would like to learn

* Pre-tested to assess background knowledge

When arranging the furniture in the classroom for differentiated instruction it is important to do all of the following EXCEPT which one? * Have portions of the room easily distinguishable according to purpose. * Provide areas for whole group, small group and individual instruction. * Provide an area for an isolated desk * Position desks so that students can easily form groups of 2, 3, or 4.

* Provide an area for an isolated desk

The differentiation process involves which of the following? * Pre-testing * What students have learned * How students show us what they have learned * Providing choice in learning activities

* Providing choice in learning activities

Differentiating the product means which of the following? * Tailoring instruction so that students learn different things. * Changing the path to learning by providing choices about how students will learn. * Providing choice to students in how they will demonstrate their learning. * Grading the products differently based on ability.

* Providing choice to students in how they will demonstrate their learning.

Clear, identifiable characteristics for scoring that provide consistency and communicate expectations are called __________________________. * Answer Key * Objectives * Holistic scoring * Rubric

* Rubric

Differentiation of instruction is important for which of the following reasons? * Schools receive funding based upon the amount of differentiation within the classroom. * Students learn differently, have different backgrounds, and varied learning needs but all must be accountable. * It prepares students to do well in college. * Teachers teach differently and differentiation helps standardize their strategies.

* Students learn differently, have different backgrounds, and varied learning needs but all must be accountable.

Differentiation allows us to let learning be driven by which of the following? * Students' readiness to learn, their interests, and their learning profile. * Students' labels, whether they be ESL, Gifted and Talented or Special Education * A slower pace and smaller increments * State-mandated accountability

* Students' readiness to learn, their interests, and their learning profile.

In flexible grouping, students do not stay in the same groups all year; groups are based upon which of the following? * Random placement * Students' understanding of the skill or objective * Student interests * Behavioral concerns

* Students' understanding of the skill or objective

Differentiated instruction is designed to do which of the following? * Focus specifically on enriching instruction for gifted and talented learners. * Allow teachers to simplify their teaching. * Target the various learning and environmental needs of all the students in the classroom. * Focus specifically on scaffolding instruction for Special Education students.

* Target the various learning and environmental needs of all the students in the classroom.

Readiness to learn is best defined as which of the following? * The amount of planning that goes into a differentiated lesson. * The amount of individual student interest and relevance of the material. * The student's skill level, background knowledge, and base understanding of content to be learned. * Using multiple instructional paths to allow students of different abilities the opportunity to learn.

* The student's skill level, background knowledge, and base understanding of content to be learned.

Carol Ann Tomlinson has said that the most important ingredient in successful teaching is what?

active planning