Differentiation Gone Wrong

Boy do textbooks like to use the word “differentiation,” but it’s almost like they don’t know what it means!

Students Need More Than Independent Work

It’s so easy to just ask advanced students to work by themselves in a corner. But, the more advanced the kid, the more they need advanced instruction and adult guidance.

Choice Menus: Quality or Mere Quantity?

I used to create extension menus, thinking they were an essential tool for differentiation. Overtime, I’ve changed my thinking. Here’s why.

What Differentiation Does NOT Look Like

There’s lots of faux-differentiation out there. In this article, I catalog a few anti-patterns: tactics that look like differentiation, but are actually quite the opposite.

What Textbooks Think “Differentiated Instruction” Looks Like

In a time when teachers feel prohibited from writing their own lessons, many are limited by what their textbooks offer. So what, exactly, do textbooks offer in terms of differentiation for gifted learners?