The article gives an example of how the principles of Universal Design for Learning can be embedded into a unit of inquiry to purposefully differentiate for all students. The example is from a PYP 1 (age 6) classroom and looks closer at how the principles were used to differentiate mathematical education connected to the unit.
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Every student is unique and so is the way they work
This article shares a strategy of planning unit that helped in creating a fair and equitable process for evaluating student learning.
Asking the right questions
In this article you will read about planning units of inquiry that integrate the four critical aspects of concept-based pedagogy illustrated by Erickson and Lanning (2014) to foster a classroom environment in which students can achieve synergistic thinking, which, in itself, is a way of promoting differentiation.
Differentiation in Chinese teaching and learning
This article is available in Chinese and English. It gives an example of differentiation in a unit of inquiry in the teaching Chinese as an additional language classroom.
Exhibition differentiation
This article illustrates how differentiated instruction and assessment for a PYP exhibition can look like.
Inclusion in the classroom
A PYP teacher shares the multi-sensory approaches to teaching and learning that she uses in her school. “If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn” – Ignacio Estrada As parents and educators we all believe that every child is special, unique and different from another. Yet […]