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Title:
Differentiating instruction for students with learning disabilities best teaching practices for general and special educators : a multimedia kit for professional development
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press, 2008
Physical Description:
1 DVD (43 min. : col. ; 4 3/4 in.), 1 videocassette (43 min. : col. ; 1/2 in.), 1 facilitator's guide (xiii, 40 p. ; 28 cm.), 1 book (xi, 206 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.) ; In container 33 x 26 x 8 cm.
ISBN:
9781412967211
General Note:
Book includes bibliographical references (p. 193-201) and index

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Summary

Summary

Designed around the updated edition of the best-selling book Differentiating Instruction for Students With Learning Disabilities, this comprehensive multimedia kit offers staff developers print and visual tools to demonstrate effective differentiated and brain-compatible teaching methods for students with learning disabilities, at-risk students, or youngsters who may have learning difficulties. Facilitators will be able to lead discussions on how to:

Support learners through flexible, practical lessons

Improve students′ skills in reading comprehension, language arts, and math

Use metacognitive and scaffolded learning techniques such as webbing, cubing, and tiering

Enhance social skills through group projects, role play, and practical peer-tutoring systems

Highlighting new information on topics ranging from the reauthorization of IDEA 2004 and Response to Intervention to brain research, reading instruction, and universal design for learning, this revised multimedia resource contains:

The research-based, updated edition of the companion book, Differentiating Instruction for Students With Learning Disabilities, providing the foundational framework for individualized instruction

A 42-minute, content-rich VHS video featuring William N. Bender with elementary, middle, and high school master teachers who use a variety of differentiated strategies to engage students with a wide range of abilities

A companion DVD with navigational menus and bullets for easy stop-and-search control of the video content

A step-by-step Facilitator′s Guide that connects the core content of the book to both the video and DVD and includes video/DVD segment prompts, workshop outlines, extended workshop activities, discussion questions, and key points


Table of Contents

Introduction
Structuring a Successful Workshop
Initial Workshop Activities
General Discussion of Differentiation
Viewing/Discussing the Video
An Alternative Introductory Workshop Activity
Listserv Discussion Participation
1 What Is Differentiated Instruction?
Major Points
General Discussion Questions
Workshop Activity Ideas
2 Universal Design for Differentiation: Organizing the Class for Differentiation and Personal Responsibility for Learning
Major Points
General Discussion Questions
Workshop Activity Ideas
3 Differentiating the Learning Process: Metacognition and Scaffolded Instruction
Major Points
General Discussion Questions
Workshop Activity Ideas
4 Learning Strategy Training
Major Points
General Discussion Questions
Workshop Activity Ideas
5 Peer Tutoring in the Inclusive Classroom: Differentiate Instruction and Increasing Instructional Time
Major Points
General Discussion Questions
Workshop Activity Ideas
6 Response to Intervention: Performance Monitoring for Differentiating Instruction
Major Points
General Discussion Questions
Workshop Activity Ideas
7 Differentiation in Reading and Literacy Instruction
Major Points
General Discussion Questions
Workshop Activity Ideas
8 Implementing Differentiated Instruction
General Discussion Questions
Workshop Activity Ideas
Resource: A Differentiated Lesson in Math
I Introduction
II Guided Instruction
III Guided Practice
IV Independent Practice
V Check
VI Reteach to a Smaller Group of Kids Who Don't Have It