ISSUES/PROBLEMS of setting up/managing a Differentiated Classroom
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Potential Problem:
Student expectation that everyone does the same
thing, in the same way, over the same time span.
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Potential Problem:
Large class size
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Potential Problem:
Keeping track of what everyone is working on in
the classroom.
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Potential Problem:
Test-driven curriculum (standardized or proficiency)
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Potential Problem:
Fear of assigning students to “wrong activities”.
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Potential Problem:
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Potential Problem:
Report cards based on the assumption that
everyone should be graded in comparison with
others rather than in comparison with self.
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Potential Problem:
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Potential Problem:
Shortage of time for teacher planning
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Potential Problem:
Potential Solutions for managing a differentiated classroom
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Potential Solution:
Potential Solution:
Consistently work with students to help them
Help students learn to be more independent and
understand, accept, and appreciate one another’s
more dependent on one another than on the
likenesses and differences in learning.
teacher
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Potential Solution:
Have students keep records of their own work.
Keep notebooks with individual pages for assessing
student growth in key areas at regular intervals.
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Potential Solution:
Be sure mandated skills are integrated into
activities and products
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Potential Solution:
Enlist students to help you determine
appropriateness of tasks. You’ll make fewer
mistakes by basing assignments on ongoing
assessments rather than basing them on a onesize-fits-all approach. Remember with flexible
grouping, students don’t remain with one group or
task for long.
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Potential Solution:
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Potential Solution:
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Potential Solution:
Develop reporting systems that address both the
need for indicating student growth and relative
student standing.
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Potential Solution:
Work toward differentiation at a pace that makes
sense for your
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