Differentiated Instruction

1. Group 1

1.1. The 5 students who answered most, including the most difficult, of the pre-assessment questions correctly.

1.2. Differentiation Strategy: Students were given a brief introduction to the next topic for tomorrow. Students are asked to research the topic and begin teaching the next day. They should report their findings as a group in class the next day.

1.3. Assessments: Students will be graded on their report given to the class at the start of the period. This is a type of formal assessment I can use to see if students learned.

2. Group 3

2.1. The 5 students who appear to have limited knowledge about the topic.

2.2. Differentiated Instruction: These students need review of previous concepts that they should have mastered. Students in group 2 are designing problems that should help group 3 review these concepts.

2.3. Assessments: Students will be assessed on their ability to solve problems for their correctness on tests given by group 2.

3. Group 2

3.1. The 12 students who have some knowledge about the topic as shown in their score, but need to develop higher order thinking skills.

3.2. Differentiation Strategy: These students need to develop higher order thinking skills. To help develop these skills this group will design problems from group 3 that deal with review of trigonometric functions.

3.3. Assessments: Students will be assessed by their ability to show that they understand the deep meaning of the problems that they write. Students should be able to demonstrate a complete understanding of the problems written.