For this eight-page SecEd Best Practice Focus – published in May 2019 – Matt Bromley discusses practical approaches for effective differentiation in the classroom.
It is the second of two Best Practice Focus downloads looking at this crucial area of pedagogy and high-quality teaching.
You can download the first Best Practice Focus: Strategies for effective differentiation in your classroom (SecEd, April 2019) by clicking here.
In part two, Matt continues these discussions with a look at the strategies of “exit tickets” and “hinge questions” in order to set the right level of challenge and locate pupils’ “struggle zones” – the point just beyond their current capability but within their reach, something they cannot yet do but will be able to with time, effort and support.
He also comes back to the importance of high expectations and what these look like, before considering eight of the most common forms of differentiation in use today and their advantages and disadvantages. He finishes this Best Practice Focus with a look at the role that teaching assistants can play.
Best Practice Focus: Strategies for effective differentiation: Part 2: Click here to download