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Furniture (desks) should be rearrangeable to suit different needs/activities

During announcements or direct instruction, the desks can start forward

When doing group activities, it is then easy to get into groups of four

It also gives the teacher more freedom to move around the classroom if students are working together and is more a facilitator.

Includes Technology that facilitates interaction between students and the teacher

For example, chromebooks, or the smartboard.

It should make it easier for students to participate in discussions, share ideas, and ask/ answer questions

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Effective differentiation ensures all students make progress regardless of where they have started in terms of understanding/math knowledge

We can offer various choices to approach the curriculum with varying levels of questions that achieve the same goal of understanding as to challenge students without making the higher performing students do more work

4 Curriculum-related elements of differentiated classroom:

1. By Content - tiered tasks of varying levels of difficulty

Allows for students to experience progress/challenges when learning math

2.By Process: Learning outcomes = same but students given choice of process

Tri - mind strategy - using 3 different approaches: analytical, practical, or creative

3. By Product: What the student creates at the end of a unit to show mastery

4. By Affect: refers to ability to move emotionally or touch feelings of students

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Teacher Talking Time vs Student Talking Time

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Teacher Talking Time vs Student Talking Time

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Instead of the teacher talking the whole time, we should provide opportunities for students to engage from the beginning in smaller chunks of time

Around 15-20 minutes is a good cutoff since students start to tune out after this.

The goal should be not to talk no more than 20-30%, so that students are given time to discuss and discover among themselves.

It allows for student-centered learning and engagement while retaining attention of students.

It is important to have a balance since there will be times when more direct instruction is needed. This is an example of requiring more TTT.

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Fostering a safe space allows for mistakes and errors to be made

Errors/mistakes = important parts of learning

The brain is malleable/there is plasticity, so the more mistakes we make, the more new neurons and synapses grow leading to brain development

Having a growth mindset allows students to grow from their mistakes rather than fleeing from challenges due to making mistakes

Students should feel comfortable enough to make mistakes because of the enviroment they are exposed to

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Create student-centered activities so students are at the forefront and active rather than passive in their learning

Utilize the social component to your advantage since collaboration and discussing lead to deeper understanding

There are various strategies/methods to keep students focussed in a social learning such as

Setting and modeling expectations

Utilize timers and time constraints so that students feel a sense of urgency

Encouraging peer accountability

Creating engaging and interesting learning experiences that are student centered and inquiry/discovery based

Breaking up the class time into smaller 15-20 minute blocks since that is easier on the students

Utilizing differentiation so students are adequately challenged and not bored/disruptive because the material is too easy or too hard hence their disinterest