Over the past few weeks, I have learned that there are different meanings of "diffentiated instruction." Some Instructors advocate giving gifted students more work, and some argue against it. The instructors that are against it believe that gifted students should not be "punished," in essence, for being brighter than the rest of the class by being given more work. They advocate for giving those students more choices in how they learn the material. As a student in the Teacher Licensure Program, I think this can get very confusing. One of my professors told my class to make sure that we don't let the rest of the class find out about a student being gifted (or have a learning disability) when you give them a different assignment. My question is how do we do that without singling them out? Other students will see the gifted or special needs student get a different worksheet or assignment and may question them or you (the teacher) about it.
Teaching students with differentiated instruction is in itself challenging. Doing this correctly may prove to be even more challenging.
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