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| Acknowledgments | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Introduction: I Just Can't Do That in MY School / Classroom / Situation | |
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| Teachers are Creative People | |
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| Laugh and the World Laughs with You | |
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| So what is differentiated instruction? | |
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| I Long to Return Back to The Good Old Days | |
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| A Description of the Issue | |
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| Solution Strategies | |
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| I Thought I Was Differentiating | |
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| A Description of the Issue | |
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| Solution Strategies | |
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| I Teach the Way I Was Taught | |
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| A Description of the Issue | |
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| Solution Strategies | |
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| Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle | |
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| I Don't Know How | |
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| A Description of the Issue | |
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| Solution Strategies | |
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| The Easiest Road to Differentiation is Student Choice | |
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| Add A Second Piece: Accountability | |
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| Finish with the Final Piece: Encouraging Higher-Level Thinking | |
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| Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle | |
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| I Have Too Much Content to Cover | |
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| A Description of the Issue | |
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| Solution Strategies | |
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| Realize That you Can't Lecture Fast Enough | |
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| Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle | |
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| I'm Good at Lecturing | |
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| A Description of the Issue | |
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| Classrooms May Result in A Power Struggle | |
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| Solution Strategies | |
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| Perception is Everything | |
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| Gain Control by Giving Some of It Up | |
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| I Can't See How I Would Grade All Those Different Assignments | |
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| A Description of the Issue | |
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| Solution Strategies | |
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| Setting up a Paper or Electronic Grade Book | |
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| Entering Only Unit Grades and Exams | |
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| Entering Grades by Sub-Units | |
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| Entering Grades by Objectives | |
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| Daily or Weekly Grades | |
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| Design a Grade Scale by Considering "What's an A worth?" | |
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| And on What Basis Or Criteria Do We Award Points, Marks and Grades? | |
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| Design a Grade Scale by Considering "What's an F worth?" | |
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| Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle | |
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| I Thought Differentiated Instruction Was for Elementary Schools | |
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| A Description of the Issue | |
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| Solution Strategies | |
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| Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle | |
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| I Subscribe to Ability Grouping | |
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| A Description of the Issue | |
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| Segregation Within the Classroom | |
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| Preparing Global Thinkers | |
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| Solution Strategies | |
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| Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle | |
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| I Have Real Logistical Issues | |
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| A Description of the Issue | |
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| Solution Strategies & Practice Assignments for Overcoming These Obstacles | |
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| Liability Issues | |
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| Scheduling Issues | |
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| The Room is Too Small | |
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| I Want My Classroom Under Control | |
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| A Description of the Issue | |
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| Perception of Control Trumps All | |
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| Leadership Style Determines Perception of Control | |
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| An Easy Measure of Leadership | |
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| Solution Strategies | |
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| Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle | |
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| I Don't Know How to Measure My Students' Learning Style | |
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| A Description of the Issue | |
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| Solution Strategies | |
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| Take a cue from your IEP's | |
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| Provide a Home Base | |
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| Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle | |
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| I Have Neither the Time Nor the Funding for All That | |
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| A Description of the Time Issue | |
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| I Don't Have the Time to Plan for All That | |
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| Solution Strategies | |
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| Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle | |
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| A Description of the Funding Issue | |
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| Solution Strategies | |
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| Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle | |
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| I've Been Teaching This Way for Years and It Works | |
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| A Description of the Issue | |
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| Solution Strategies | |
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| Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle | |
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| There's No Support For It At My School | |
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| A Description of the Issue | |
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| Solution Strategies | |
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| Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle | |
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| My District Requires Me to Follow a Prescribed Text | |
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| A Description of the Issue | |
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| Textbook Options Can Create More Effective Readers | |
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| A Variety of Reading Materials Keeps Information Updated | |
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| A Variety of Texts Makes the Information Available to More Students | |
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| Solution Strategies | |
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| Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle | |
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| Parents Expect Lecture Format in High School For College Prep | |
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| A Description of the Issue | |
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| Differentiated Reading Strategies Help Prepare Students for College Learning | |
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| Solution Strategies | |
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| Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle | |
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| The Bottom Line-If They Are Learning, You Are Teaching | |
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| A Description of the Issue | |
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| Some Students Struggle with Linguistic Dependent Input and Output | |
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| Some Students Struggle with Visual Input and Output | |
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| Solution Strategies | |
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| Practice Assignments for Overcoming This Obstacle | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Layered Curriculum and Other Specific Strategies for Differentiating Instruction | |
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| Neuroscience and Learning | |
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| Inclusion Strategies | |
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| Control Theory and Self Efficacy | |
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| Pedagogical Theory | |
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| History of the United States School System | |
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| Classroom and School Leadership | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |