Synopses & Reviews
This book addresses a real area of need and contains an abundant set of strategies.-Susan Koba, Educational Consultant
This is an excellent sourcebook for science teachers who are looking for strategies to engage diverse learners.-Phyllis Milne, Associate Director of School AdministrationYork County School Division, Yorktown, VAHelp all your students do science confidently and successfully Preparing students to understand and adapt to the rapid pace of scientific and technological changes is an important educational priority. Using proven strategies for differentiating instruction, authors Gayle H. Gregory and Elizabeth Hammerman provide a blueprint for strengthening science instruction and accommodating students' individual learning styles.
This educator-friendly resource is aligned with national science curriculum standards and includes: Grade-appropriate sample lessons and strategies for inquiry-based, problem-based, and cooperative learningGuidelines for creating performance tasks that have real-world applicationsMethods for using data-based assessment before, during, and after learningA collection of templates, planners, checklists, and graphic organizersA CD-ROM with reproducibles for classroom instruction
Rich in content and tools, Differential Instructional Strategies for Science, Grades K-8 is the perfect resource to help elementary and middle school students become more creative and engaged thinkers and inquirers.
Synopsis
Adaptable thinking and learning in science are essential competencies to help learners keep up with accelerating demands for technological knowledge and skills in high school, college, and the workplace.
Using the accessible and proven instructional strategies introduced in Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn't Fit All (Corwin, 2002), authors Gayle Gregory and Elizabeth Hammerman provide an expanded approach to creating science classrooms where learners thrive and succeed and where instruction engages emerging learners, developing learners, and fluent learners at all stages of development.
Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Science, Grades K???8 offers standards-based sample lessons, ready-to-use strategies for inquiry-based learning, problem-based learning, cooperative learning, ??and guidelines for: Creating hands-on performance tasks and rubrics applicable to real life settings Using data for continuous assessment before, during, and after learning
This text provides teachers with management and pacing strategies for the differentiated science classroom and includes a generous collection of templates, planners, checklists, rubrics, and graphic organizers, and a CD-ROM with reproducibles for classroom instruction.
Synopsis
Aligned with national science curriculum standards, this resource provides tools for differentiating science instruction, including sample lessons, assessment methods, rubrics, and a CD-ROM with reproducibles.