Discussion 1 | Education Diversity and Community | Nova Southeastern University

Respond to the following discussion item in 75-100 words.  

Comment upon how this statement taken from pp. 5 –6 of the Tomlinson

text featured this week relates to what does and/or should occur in your

classroom and/or your school.

 Please Respond…

“Differentiated instruction is dynamic: Teachers monitor the match

between learner and learning and make adjustments as warranted. And

while teachers are aware that sometimes the learner/learning match is

less than ideal, they also understand that they can continually make

adjustments. …. Differentiation …is a way of life in the classroom.

[The teacher] does not seek or follow a recipe… but rather combines what

she can learn about differentiation from a range of sources to her own

professional instincts and knowledge base to do whatever it takes to

reach out to each learner.”

Tomlinson, C. (2001). How to differentiate instruction in mixed ability

classrooms. (2nd ed.).  Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and

Curriculum Development.