Differentiating Instruction in the Regular Classroom: How to Reach and Teach All Learners Grades 3-12
Differentiating Instruction in the Regular Classroom: How to Reach and Teach All Learners, Grades 3–12 by Diane Heacox is a practical guide for teachers new to or interested in the process of differentiation. Drawing on Bloom’s taxonomy, Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences, and other experts in the field of educational psychology, Heacox presents several practical strategies and ideas that teachers can use to differentiate instruction at any level in any curriculum…The reader will come away with some good, practical suggestions for increasing the challenge level for gifted students.Heacox successfully makes the point that a key feature of differentiation is its flexibility and widespread applicability. In summation, strengths of the book include the simple format of the book, the variety of strategies presented, and the distilled, easy-to-use versions of instruments used to gather information about students and their learning styles and preferences. A majority of the tools and strategies can be used in any content area at any grade level. Furthermore, the book has many reproducible, ready-to-use forms and templates. These templates are not only useful to teachers new to differentiation…they’re relevant for teachers who have been differentiating instruction for many years.—Journal for the Education of the Gifted“At this time of increasingly standardized approaches to instruction and assessment, Diane Heacox's book brings education back to how it works best: Actually responding to children rather than simply responding to curricular mandates.”—Jane Bluestein, Ph.D., author of Creating Emotionally Safe Schools