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Geelan, D., Christie, P., Mills, M., Keddie, A., Renshaw, P., & Monk, S. (2015). Lessons from alison: A narrative study of differentiation in classroom teaching. International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, 10(1), 13-23. doi:10.1080/22040552.2015.1084673

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Teaching the exceptionally different helps students achieve academically and socially within currently existing schools by building bridges between the students' backgrounds and the schools to make the curriculum more accessible to all (Ryan, 2016)

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Americans with Disabilities Act ensures the right of individuals with disabilities and nondiscriminatory treatment in aspects of their lives other than education (Ryan, 2016).

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Strategies such as flexible grouping or "tiered"assignements, learning centers, student contracts, and mentorships (Ryan, 2016).

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Responding to students variances among learners in a classroom.Instruction is tailored to meet individual needs.

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There are a huge number of possible dimensions of difference beyond the academic, of
course – differences of race, sex, gender, wealth and poverty, family and social background,
learning styles and multiple intelligences and so on (Geelan, 2015)

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Can differentiate instruction through content, process, products, or environment.

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Differentiated instruction is the tailoring of educational experiences to meet individual learner needs (Yu)

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1. Varying sets of reading comprehension
2. Personalized course packets with individualized remediation
3. Adaptive assessment that gets harder or easier with students performance
4. One-on-one coaching with a student, designed around his/her specific challenges
5. Students grouped into small groups, which are designed around strengths and weaknesses so they can help eachother

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1. Improves learning outcomes
2. Increases engagement
3. Inspires love of learning
4. Increases self-awareness
5. Helps students learn more efficiently and with deeper understanding (Yu, 2014)

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Teachers are differentiating according to  factors such as:

1. Engagement level
2. What they need to learn
3. Weaknesses
4. Learning patterns

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1. Have different attention spans
2. Different language abilities
3. Cultural Backgrounds
4. Educational Backgrounds
5. Different Needs

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Ryan, Kevin, et al. Those Who can, Teach. 14th ed., Cengage Learning, 2016.

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Yu, C. (2014). 10 Examples & Non-Examples of Differentiated Instruction. Retrieved 2017, from teachthought We Grow Teachers website:
https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/what-is-differentiated-instruction/

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Using evidence based practices to change original activities to improve student learning (Bryant et al., 2017).

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Teaching a portion of the content related to the lessons objective

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An example would be flexible grouping practices.  These practices include mixed-ability groups and same-ability groups  (Bryant et al., 2017).

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Selecting different types of materials  or making adjustments to current materials  (Bryant et al., 2017).

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Bryant, D. P., Bryant, B. R., & Smith, D. D. (2017). Teaching students with special needs in inclusive classrooms. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.