Chapter 1: The Differentiated Instruction Mind-set: Rationale and Definition

Teachers have been using differentiation for years; it just wasn’t call that yet. Now, differentiation has a name is being adopted as a model of teaching that all teaches should use. The goal is to allow students to show their mastery of the subject being taught in any form that allows them to best show all that they have learned: the goal is to be fair. A differentiated classroom is one in which students learn to advocate for themselves, see each other’s differences as strengths, and begin to understand themselves as learners. Students who learn in a differentiated classroom go on to do better in all learning settings, because they know how they learn best and can adapt better. My goal is to make my classroom a differentiated and fair learning environment for all my students. If I succeed, it means my students will too.