Differentiated Instruction: A Framework for Success

Differentiated Instruction: A Framework for Success
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Differentiated Instruction: A Framework for Success
Introduction
The difference in the background from which children are brought up influences their level of learning. These backgrounds can be characterized by their culture, beliefs and other socioeconomic elements. These factors make the children have different learning abilities when they go to school. There are those who are fast learners while others have a challenging time to get basic learning. It is important to ensure that the abilities of these diversified children are addressed through learning techniques that are not discriminatory (Dixon, et al., 2014). Instructors are required to identify the learning ability levels of their students and tailor-make their teaching to suit the needs of these students. Differentiated instruction is a form of learning that provides different concepts, contents and ideas to teachers on how to ensure all students in the class learn effectively (Santamaria, 2009). Through differentiated instruction, the students in class are handled differently to ensure that they gain what is taught. The teacher identifies the interests of individual children after he groups them together depending on their ability. This makes teaching and achieving learning outcomes easy. This paper looks at differentiated instruction and how it influences success in learning.
Background of differentiated instruction
Different individuals learn differently not only in the elementary levels, but also in the institutions of higher learning. This requires that the approach used to carry out teaching to enhance learning varies from one student to another. Differentiated instruction aims at using a number of methods, but the goal is to achieve the same learning objectives (De Jesus, 2012). Differentiated instructions aim at imparting different skills to the students to make learning easier for them. However, differentiated instruction cannot achieve its objectives if it is not guided by sequential steps. The skills of the students, interest, and ethnic background influence the effectiveness of getting what is taught by various students. Differentiated learning requires that teachers are creative and apply innovativeness in coming up with better ways to impart the skills they have to the students (King-Shaver, 2008). To understand the levels of learning and understanding among students, teachers can use Math tests or other related tests from which the scores are considered. It takes significant time for results from differentiated instructions to yield the expected results. Through patience, the required results are finally achieved when the students are able to understand the topics they are taught though at a slower pace. In the beginning of every academic year, a teacher is expected to go through the profile of the students to ensure that he understands their...