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Differentiated Instruction

Differentiated Instruction. Cubing. Key Questions to Plan DI. What needs to learned? What do students already know? How will you reach all learners? How will you assess students’ learning?. What is cubing?.

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Differentiated Instruction

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  1. Differentiated Instruction Cubing

  2. Key Questions to Plan DI • What needs to learned? • What do students already know? • How will you reach all learners? • How will you assess students’ learning?

  3. What is cubing? • Cubing is an instructional strategy that asks students to interact with a concept in a variety of ways • Six sided figures (a cube) that have a different activity on each side • Students roll the cube and do the activity

  4. How is cubing differentiated? • Not all students receive the same cube • Cubes are differentiated for readiness, interest or learning profile

  5. Cubing used to increase thinking skills • Originally used to have students use a variety of thinking skills to consider a topic. • When used like this each side of the cube has a different prompt: describe it, compare it, analyze it, apply it, evaluate it, argue for or against • Integrates Blooms Taxonomy

  6. Example: Onomatopoeia

  7. Why Cube? • Cubing gives students who like to use their hands and move around a chance to feel like they are “playing” while learning. • Cubing gives students a chance to look at a concept from a series of different perspectives. • Cubing allows the teacher to differentiate for readiness in a very un-obvious way. Since all students are working with cubes, students are not aware that their neighbors might be doing something a little different.

  8. Concerns • Concerns? Here is one… you may have more: – Cubes can turn into glorified worksheets– but not if all activities are purposeful and focused on getting students to understand a concept in a multitude of ways.

  9. Resources • http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/file/view/nagc_cubing__think_dots.pdf • http://k5di.pottsgrove.wikispaces.net/Cubing+and+Think+Dots • http://2differentiate.pbworks.com/w/page/860043/Cubing

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