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Differentiating Students

This concept of differentiating is extremely important for teachers to understand. We all know and is reminded repeatedly throughout our education life that everyone learns differently. There are people who needs to study hard with books in a quiet area, there are people who can study while they eat, there are visual learners, active learners, etc., etc.
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We all learned differently in our own classes and I believe that all our teachers tried their hardest to apply all their tools to help each and every one of us. I mean this is the reason why we learn so many strategies on how to teach students in all our courses now because there are so many ways to teach a concept, and in this generation, technology is a necessity to incorporate in our lessons. This idea of using technology was particularly emphasized in the video. We can see how using the smart board really gets students excited and engaged in the lesson by doing activities on the board and having students themselves interact with the board instead of just have the teacher interact with the board.
However, I think the hardest part in really teaching is because each student has a different pace when learning and are on different levels understanding the materials. As a teacher, I feel like I wouldn’t know exactly what to do to help all students succeed in a class, especially in a math class since math is something that builds on throughout the years in school, so where they stand when arriving in my class will depend on their prior knowledge. Its still something I must learn to do, but I loved the puzzle idea that was shown in the video. The teacher basically assigned each student a question depending on their level without making the student feel some type of way. That is a really good idea to get the students answering the question that is at their academic level, and because they did work in groups, it got students to interact about the science concepts in class without problems. That is definitely a great tool to use to get students engaged and have all students be able to converse about the concepts at their level.

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  1. UnknownOctober 18, 2018 at 5:13 AM

    Hi Jane! I also liked how the teacher gave the students different questions based on their personal level. It was discreet so no one knew how she divided the questions, and it also gave the students a feeling of accomplishment that they could contribute to the group. When I was growing up in school, I wonder if teachers did the same type of thing in my classes too! I am also wondering how to teach all different levels too-- I think that will be one of the hardest parts of teaching. Some students learn faster than others, so how do you moving at a teaching pace that works for everyone? (110)

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