Differentiated Instruction: Making It Work
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Differentiated Instruction: Making It Work by Patti Drapeau
The tools and the means to modify assignments to help all children learn!How does a teacher meet the needs of all learners amid the realities of day-to-day teaching? Patti Drapeau shows us how in this practical book. She offers several strategies, including pacing instruction, varying the depth of content, widening or narrowing the breadth of topics, and altering the complexity of questions. She also shows teachers how to make them work, through tiered task cards, differentiated learning centers, and more. For use with Grades 3-6.;The tools and the means to modify assignments to help all children learn!;Patti Drapeau is currently on the adjunct faculty at the University of Southern Maine. She travels nationally and internationally as a consultant and speaker on instructional issues such as differentiation and curriculum integration, and in the past has served as the president of Maine Educators of the Gifted and Talented. A veteran classroom teacher, she is also the author of Scholastic's best-selling Great Teaching with Graphic Organizers.
Patti Drapeau (pattidrapeau.com) is an internationally active educational consultant, author, and presenter, with more than twenty-five years of classroom experience. Patti conducts keynote sessions as well as short- and long-term workshops in the United States and abroad. She commonly presents on the following topics: differentiation, creativity, engagement and gifted education. Patti is the founder of Patti Drapeau Educational Consulting Services and has received the New England Region Gifted and Talented award for outstanding contributions in gifted education and the Maine Educators of the Gifted and Talented award for exemplary service. Patti coached programs such as Odyssey of the Mind, Future Problem Solving, Explorer Vision, and math teams. She also developed a curriculum model for the regular classroom called Affective Perspectives: Combining Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking, and Affect, and authored a variety of articles for the Maine Exchange, Teaching Matters, and Understanding our Gifted. Her other books include Sparking Student Creativity: Practical Ways to Promote Innovative Thinking and Problem Solving, Differentiating with Graphic Organizers Tools to Promote Critical and Creative Thinking, Differentiated Instruction: Making It Work, and Great Teaching with Graphic Organizers. Patti currently works as a consultant and she is a part-time faculty member at the University of Southern Maine. She lives in Freeport, Maine.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780439517782 |
| ISBN 10 | 0439517788 |
| Title | Differentiated Instruction: Making It Work |
| Author | Patti Drapeau |
| Series | Differentiation Instruction |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Scholastic US |
| Year published | 2004-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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