We are interested in creating lesson plans that could assist us in meeting the needs of individual students. We would like to explore ways in which we could instruct native speakers who are enrolled in our classes.
C. Rant, M. Teixiera, H. Hickey, G. Duca, M. Hughes, M. Chelkowski, L. Diago, K. Gregory, M. Barnes
Our goal was to design lessons that address the needs of students with various abilities, learning styles and interests.
After reading about differentiated learning, we compiled a list of differentiated learning activities that we already did and others that we could try. We tried some of these activities and then reported back to the group about the effectiveness, the students’ responses, the ease or difficulty of the activity. Some were very successful and others were not. We found that student interest is greater when students have the ability to choose how they will learn or practice the lesson. With greater interest, students are more motivated to learn. In this way, our efforts to include more differentiated learning techniques in our classrooms have had a positive effect on student learning.
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