Differentiated Instruction - High School Strategies [When we think about high school students, we Ihave to stop and think about all they encounter ina day. They often have many different teachers with many different styles and they must adjust every hour or so to different requirements and demands. Differentiation means that we, as their teachers, do what it takes to maximize the instructional time so that each student is able to participate in and jdemonstrate their learning in the way that best helps them to be successful | According to Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson, we can differentiate in each of the following areas: * Content - The curriculum that is being taught Process - The way in which they get the information Product - The way they prove they learned the information Affect - The other factors that impact learning Learning Environment - The physical setup of the classroom way you teach, then teach the Jeenycrn be soar hevughdiftentned way T learn! instruction. [Classrooms are more diverse now than they have Strategies for differentiating atthe high sehoo! level include: ‘Tiered Instruction - Student lear the same sills through different modes Menus - Students are offered choices to meet requirements Cubing - Students look at atopic from six different angles {c-Tae-Toe - Students take part in several tasks to demonstrate skill Socratie Seminar - Students participate in thoughtful dialogue Layered Curriculum - Students use higher level skills at each layer