If you've been looking to increase the level of differentiation in your teaching, this video is a great place to start. A selection of teachers from Lincoln Middle School explain how they use their individual expertise to support learning by using student scores to create tiered learning groups, including groups focused on special education learners, English language learners, and advanced students.

Concepts

learning styles, learning disabilities

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Additional Tags

classroom support

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Instructional Ideas

• Share this video with colleagues and pose follow-up questions to consider the efficacy of this strategy in your own school environment (i.e. How would regrouping be perceived by the students? Would teachers be diverse in their expertise and willing to address particular groupings of students?)

Classroom Considerations

• The concrete details of how this teaching strategy was actually implemented into the school remains a bit unclear (Did all the teachers from a particular subject area collaborate on a single lesson? How often did this occur during the year? How was knowledge assessed at the different levels? What are the drawbacks of the strategy?) 

Pros

• Real-life illustration of teaching strategy, with commentatary from teachers
• Includes supplemental instructional guides (see included materials)

Cons

• None