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Week 8 Journal Entry

The video "Differentiated Instruction 101" Broke down Differentiated instruction down to 3 parts; the **learning content**, what students learn, the **learning process**, activities used by students to make sense of the content, and the **learning product**, the culminating product used for for formative/summative assessment. All of the required materials focused of DI as a means to maximize learning for all students by embracing their different learning needs. Many spoke of tiered lesson planning as a means of accomplishing this. Students are grouped by learning needs. Strategies listed to accomplish the above included were included in a table in "Finding Manageable Ways to Meet Student Needs".

"Differentiating Instruction in Secondary Classrooms" ( [] ) and "Differentiation at the Secondary Level" ( [] ) echo these ideas. In addition they bring up two more terms that may be concerned in DI; **affect** - socio-emotional factors that influence learning and **learning environment** - physical setup of the classroom.

All of the materials focus on DI as acknowledging student diversity and using multiple modes of teaching to help meet the needs of all of our students.