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Don’t overlook the simple yet potent impact of using dictionaries and glossaries creatively to differentiate words and writing for your learners
General Introduction This blog is part of my Differentiation and Adaptive Teaching Knowledge Base. I use the terms differentiation and adaptive teaching synonymously. To me, they are the same, as…
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Make discussion your friend and differentiate writing in your lessons by using speech as the ultimate scaffolding tool
General Introduction This blog is part of my Differentiation and Adaptive Teaching Knowledge Base. I use the terms differentiation and adaptive teaching synonymously. To me, they are the same, as…
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Call on the twin pillars of variety and storytelling to give your learners different routes into the learning happening in your classroom
General Introduction This blog is part of my Differentiation and Adaptive Teaching Knowledge Base. I use the terms differentiation and adaptive teaching synonymously. To me, they are the same, as…
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Two simple scaffolding strategies you can use to make life that little bit easier for your learners, differentiating their experience of your lessons
General Introduction This blog is part of my Differentiation and Adaptive Teaching Knowledge Base. I use the terms differentiation and adaptive teaching synonymously. To me, they are the same, as…
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Celebrate mistakes and change how your learners think about getting things wrong, what failure means, and why trial and error matters
General Introduction This blog is part of my Differentiation and Adaptive Teaching Knowledge Base. I use the terms differentiation and adaptive teaching synonymously. To me, they are the same, as…
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Finesse your interactions with learners and use these opportunities to subtly differentiate the learning for them, without having to say what you’re doing
General Introduction This blog is part of my Differentiation and Adaptive Teaching Knowledge Base. I use the terms differentiation and adaptive teaching synonymously. To me, they are the same, as…
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Understand and use the power of group dynamics to support differentiation in your lessons
General Introduction This blog is part of my Differentiation and Adaptive Teaching Knowledge Base. I use the terms differentiation and adaptive teaching synonymously. To me, they are the same, as…
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Possibly the most powerful zero-planning differentiation tool any teacher can use, in any lesson they teach, with any learner they’re teaching
General Introduction This blog is part of my Differentiation and Adaptive Teaching Knowledge Base. I use the terms differentiation and adaptive teaching synonymously. To me, they are the same, as…
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How the simple act of explaining is the key to a huge amount of easy, no-planning differentiation you can weave through your lessons
General Introduction This blog is part of my Differentiation and Adaptive Teaching Knowledge Base. I use the terms differentiation and adaptive teaching synonymously. To me, they are the same, as…
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Turn model answers into self-scaffolding tools you can train learners to use as part of your in-lesson differentiation
General Introduction This blog is part of my Differentiation and Adaptive Teaching Knowledge Base. I use the terms differentiation and adaptive teaching synonymously. To me, they are the same, as…