Why+DI

Diversified Instruction is a philosophy of education that provides appropriate opportunities for growth and success. Educational research supports the notion that "one size does not fit all" when it comes to presenting lessons to our students and even when assessing our students. Ithaca City School District is taking action to ensure that "all students achieve their dreams". While the goal for achieving our district standards and benchmarks is constant, the route to that goal may vary according to student need. According to Carol Ann Tomlinson, professor at the University of Virginia and nation-wide proponent of Diversified Instruction, "Fair is when everyone doesn't necessarily get the same. Fair is when everyone gets what he or she needs!" 


 * **Differsivied Instruction IS:** || ** Diversified Instruction IS NOT: ** ||
 * # **Having a vision of success for our students**
 * 1) **Providing a variety of assignments within units of instruction, realizing that students do not all learn in the same way.**
 * 2) **Recognizing the variance in learning styles of our students.**
 * 3) **Allowing students to choose, with teacher direction, the route to their learning.**
 * 4) **Providing opportunities for students to demonstrate proficiency in an area they already know and allowing them to move forward**
 * 5) **Offering tiered lessons, of varying degrees of difficulty, dealing with similar content.**
 * 6) **Qualitative** || # **Individualization. It is not a different lesson for each student each day.**
 * 7) **Giving all students the same work or even identical assessments all of the time.**
 * 8) **Assuming that all students learn by listening.**
 * 9) **Merely having centers in the classroom.**
 * 10) **Assigning more work to students who have demonstrated mastery in an area.**
 * 11) **Only for students who demonstrate a need for acceleration.**
 * 12) **Quantitative** ||

Why DI from Ealy Elementary in West Bloomfield, MI
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