Delving Into Differentiation in

Middle School

Resources

Articles

1.  Brimfield, R., Masci, R. & DeFiore, D.(2002).  Differentiating instruction to teach all learners. Middle School Journal, 33 (3).  14-18.

2. Doyle, M.B. (2000). Transition plans for students with disabilities. Educational Leadership, 58 (1). 46-48.

3. Fahey, J. A. (2000). Who wants to differentiate instruction? We did...Educational Leadership, 58 (1). 70-72.

4.  Page, S.W. (2000). When changes for the gifted spur differentiation for all.  Educational Leadership, 58 (1). 62-65.

5.  Pettig, K.L.  (2000). On the road to differentiated practice.  Educational Leadership, 58  (1). 14-18.

6. Schniedewind, N. (2000). Differentiating cooperative learning. Educational Leadership, 58 (1). 24-27.

7. Strosnider, R& Lyon, C. (1997). Including students with disabilities into the regular classroom. Education, 117 (4). 611-622.

 8. Tomlinson. (2000). Reconcilable differences? Standards-based teaching and differentiation. Educational Leadership, 58 (1). 6-11.

9. Waldron, N. & McLeskey, J. (2001) Helping schools include all learners. Intervention in School & Clinic, 36 (3). 175-182.

10. Wehrmann. Baby steps: a beginner's guide. (2000) Educational Leadership, 58. 21-23.

11. Willis, S. & Mann, L. (2000) Curriculum &endash; differentiating instruction. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Winter. 1-8.

12. Winebrenner. (2000). Gifted students need an education too. Educational Leadership, 58 (1). 52-56.


Clipart Sites

 1. http://chipsahoy.com/school.htm

2. http://school.discovery.com/clipart/

3. http://teacherfiles.com/clip_art.htm


 Books

1. Erb, T.O., ed. (2001). This We Believe . . . And Now We Must Act. Westerville, Ohio: National Middle School Association.

2. Heacox, D. (2001). Differentiating Instruction in the Regular Classroom: How to Reach and Teach All Learners, Grades 3-12. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing, Inc.  

3. Jackson, A.W.. & Davis, G.A. Turning Points 2000 Educating Adolescents in the 21st Century. New York: Teachers College Press, Columbia University

4. Tomlinson, C. A. (1999). The Differentiated Classroom : Responding to the Needs of All Learners. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development.

5. Wormelli, R. (2001). Meet Me in the Middle. Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers. Westerville, Ohio: National Middle School Association.

 
Websites

Article in an Internet-only Newsletter

Dinnocenti, S.T. (1998). Differentiation: definition and description for gifted and talented. National Research Council for the Gifted and Talented. Spring. Retrieved from http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~nrcgt/news/spring98/sprng985. html

Electronic Journals

1. Berger, S.L. (1996, July10). Differentiating curriculum for gifted students. Eric EG Digest, #E510. Retrieved March 14, 2002, from http://www.kidsource.com/ kidsource /content/diff_curriculum.html.

2. Chaika, G. (1998) Who are the gifted children---and how should schools handle them? Education World. Retrieved March 14, 2002, from http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr101.shtml

3. Tomlinson, C.A. (1995, October). Differentiating instruction for advanced learners in the mixed-ability middle school classroom. Eric EG Digest, #E536. Retrieved March 14, 2002, from http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource /content/diff_instruction.html

 

General Websites

1. Building capacity, raising standards for all: design for differentiation. (2002, March 1). Retrieved March 28, 2002, from http://www.sricboces.org/Goals2000/

2. Curriculum differentiation. Farmer. (n.d.). Retrieved March 14, 2002, from http://ourworld.compuserve.com/ homepages/farmer/gftsccur.htm

3. 11. Curriculum differentiation in wilmette public school district 39. (2002, February 14). Retrieved March 28, 2002, from http://www.wilmette.newtrier.k12.il.us/wilmette/ CDpage/cd.html

4. Differentiation in the grosse pointe public school system. (2001, September 13). Retrieved March 28, 2002, from http://www.gp.k12.mi.us/ci/diff/diffhome.htm

5. Southern maine partnerships projects: middle level event highlights southern Maine partnership (2001, December 22). Retrieved March 15, 2002, from http://www.usm.maine.edu/smp/projects/highlights.html

 

Websites Based on Articles

1. Holloway, J.H. (2000) Preparing teachers for differentiated instruction (Electronic version.) Educational Leadership, 58 (1). Retrieved March 14, 2002, from http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/edlead/0009/holloway.html

2. Moon, T.A., Tomlinson, C.A. & Callahan, C.M. (2001, October 23,). Academic diversity in the middle school: results of a national survey of the middle school administrators and teachers. National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented. (Electronic version). Retrieved March 15, 2002, from http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/moontoml.html

3. Tomlinson, C. A. (1995). How to differentiate instruction in mixed ability classrooms. (Electronic version). Association for Supervision and Currriculum Development. Retrieved March 15, 2002, from http://www.ascd.org/readingroom /books/tomlin95book.html

Table of Contents

Introduction

What is differentiation?

Why is differentiation developmentally appropriate?

Standards and Differentiation 

How to implement differentiation

Examples of Differentiation

Article Annotations

Book Annotations

Website Annotations

Misconceptions and Obstacles

Contact Us

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