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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Developing a Common Frame of Reference | |
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| Rationale | |
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| Differentiated Instruction in the Classroom | |
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| Defining Differentiated Instruction | |
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| How to Extend These Processes to Any Subject | |
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| A Walk-Through of a Differentiated Lesson | |
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| Overview | |
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| Steps to Take Before Designing the Learning Experiences | |
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| Steps to Take While Designing and Implementing the Learning Experiences | |
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| Sample Lesson: The Impact of Cortez on the Aztecs | |
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| Focus | |
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| Specific Objectives | |
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| Assessments | |
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| Materials | |
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| Learning Experiences and Sequence | |
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| Differentiation Alternatives for Each Part | |
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| Responding to the Needs of Advanced Students | |
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| Differentiating in Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Classes | |
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| Three Questions to Guide Our Brainstorming of Lesson Modifications | |
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| Changing Our Lesson Plans As We Respond to Students | |
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| Reminders When Reviewing Our Differentiated Lesson | |
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| Steps to Take After Providing the Learning Experiences | |
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| Helpful Structures and Strategies for the Differentiated Class | |
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| General Differentiation Approaches | |
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| Different, Not More or Less | |
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| Adjusting Instruction Based on Assessment Results | |
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| Modify Options: Content, Process, Product, Affect, and Learning Environment | |
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| Models of Instruction | |
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| Flexible Grouping | |
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| Collaboration with Students | |
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| Personal Agendas | |
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| Tiering | |
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| A Slightly Different Definition | |
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| Tomlinson's Equalizer | |
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| Gradations of Mastery | |
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| Respectful Tasks | |
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| Compacting the Curriculum | |
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| The Football and the Anchor: Teaching a Variety of Levels at the Same Time | |
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| Scaffold Instruction | |
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| Cognitive Science Structures and Tips That Help Us Differentiate | |
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| Building Background Knowledge | |
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| Priming the Brain and Structuring Information | |
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| Primacy-Recency Effect | |
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| Explore Similarities and Differences, Examples and Nonexamples | |
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| Hydration | |
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| Emotional Content | |
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| Novelty | |
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| Meeting Survival Needs | |
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| Memory Ideas | |
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| Social Interaction | |
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| Twelve Samples of Differentiated Learning Experiences from Multiple Subjects | |
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| Newton's First Law | |
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| Sums of Interior Angles | |
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| Learning from Lectures | |
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| Physical Education Skills | |
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| Art Skills | |
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| Simplifying Square Roots | |
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| Editing Text | |
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| Show, Don't Tell | |
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| Calculating Simple Interest | |
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| Atomic Structure | |
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| Taxonomic References with English Language Learners | |
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| Students Can't Sit Still | |
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| A Few Quick Reminders | |
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| A Final Word: Three Tips to Begin the Journey | |
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| Recommended Resources | |
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| Appendix | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |