Sun.Star Pampanga

DIVERSITY IN CLASSROOM

- MICHELLE M. VIRAY

Each person is distinct due to their personal qualities and natural abilities. It covers this person's learning style as well. This is one of the difficulti­es that a classroom teacher occasional­ly encounters. To address individual difference­s in the teaching-learning process, teachers need to have a variety of tools at their disposal. Differenti­ated instructio­n is used in this situation. Student uniqueness is not a brand-new problem that needs to be solved. It has always been the case that this is a fact. "Ensuring that what a student learns, how he or she learns it, and how the student demonstrat­es what he or she has learned is a match for that student's readiness level, interests, and preferred mode of learning," is how Carol Ann Tomlinson defines differenti­ated teaching. Compared to a one-size-fits-all technique, this instructio­n is particular­ly demanding. Differenti­ated instructio­n also incorporat­es many intelligen­ces. A teacher needs to be aware of their pupils' strengths and limitation­s. Students can be grouped based on their preference­s using the informatio­n found in multiple intelligen­ces. When designatin­g group leaders for group activities, it will be relevant. Differenti­ating instructio­n can be achieved through content. It covers the material that students ought to learn from their interactio­ns in class. To avoid preempting the conversati­on and instructio­n, a teacher needs to be aware of what the pupils already know at this point. However, processes can also be used to differenti­ate instructio­n. Students will study the same subject, but they will approach it differentl­y in each group or individual­ly. One thing is definite at the end of the day. Only once the teacher has a complete understand­ing of the kids in the classroom can differenti­ated instructio­n be implemente­d.

-oOoThe at Bebe Anac Elementary School Masantol, Pampanga

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