EDUC590 - Differentiation for Learners in Mixed Ability Classrooms

After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:

• Understand differentiation.
• Analyze the need for diversified assessment strategies to demonstrate students’ achievement of academic, behavioral, and functional skills and to make continuous instructional decisions.
• Analyze diverse student characteristics and environmental factors (to plan, deliver, and evaluate instruction and learning).
• Apply information related to best practices and/or demonstrate appropriate strategies for teaching students of all abilities across grade levels (including assessment, differentiation of instruction, research-based instructional strategies, age appropriate instructional materials, instructional and assistive technology, co-teaching, collaboration, and classroom management).

Required Course Textbooks

Heacox, D. (2008). Differentiating Instruction in the regular classroom. How to reach and teach all learners, Grades 3-12. Free Spirit Publishing: Minneapolis, MN. ISBN-13: 978-1575423289

*Vaughn, S., Bos, C., Schumm, J. S. (2010). Teaching Students who are exceptional, diverse, and at risk in the general education classroom, (5thEd.) Allyn & Bacon: Boston, MA. ISBN-13: 978-0137151790

Recommended Textbook for the degree program:

In addition to the required texts in this course, you are strongly encouraged to purchase the latest addition of the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition) if you have not previously purchased this resource.

Websites

In addition to the required course texts the following public domain Websites are useful. Please abide by the university’s academic honesty policy when using Internet sources as well. Note Web site addresses are subject to change.