Learning horizons and routes
Differentiation allows students to take different pathways through the learning. Sometimes they may be faced with a steep uphill climb, while on other parts of their learning journey the path …
Course: Differentiation for Learning
Supporting resources – Week 1
This week we’ve picked out some resources that can be found on the National STEM Learning Centre website. Sometimes registration is required to access specific files – this is quick …
Differentiating for Learning as an ongoing process
Dylan builds on the ideas talked about by Chris in the previous step where she discussed the importance of formative assessment in diagnosing students’ starting points. Once these starting points …
Identifying starting points
In the week ahead, you will explore how you could elicit evidence about where your students are in their learning. What do they understand, partly understand, or what are they …
The week ahead
Dylan discusses the week ahead and how it will be focusing on ideas of how to elicit where students are at in their learning. We will be exploring how these …
What’s next?
We hope you’ve enjoyed the week. Further Study If this course has inspired you to take your studies further why not study with National STEM Learning Centre? You are invited …
Concluding the first week
In this video Dylan draws Week 1 to a close and summarises the main focus of Week 2 which will be on diagnosing students’ current levels of understanding. We would …
Exemplars of increasing the degree of challenge
When you plan a series of activities which build on one another in terms of demand and cognitive complexity, there will be stumbling blocks which can be anticipated. These are …
Importance of increasing the level of thinking
Chris discusses the need for work to become more challenging and mentions how taxonomies such as Bloom’s and SOLO can be drawn upon to support developing work that increases in …
Vygotsky’s concept of the “Zone of Proximal Development”
Below we have provided a summary of Vygotsky’s concept of the “Zone of Proximal Development.” You may be already familiar with this, but here we’d like you to refresh and …
An educator’s view
Chris shares her views on what differentiation is and isn’t and how it links to learning and being responsive to students’ needs. Carol Ann Tomlinson has created some infographics on …
Reflecting on your learning
In this video Dylan draws Week 1 to a close and summarises differentiation as assessing the specific learning needs of each student, responding to those needs and then monitoring their …
Reflecting on what you’re learning
Trying to take in new ideas and embed them into your practice is not easy. However, as Chris explains in this video, using the reflection grid to help you focus …
Q&A with course educators
All online CPD courses from STEM Learning provide an opportunity to ask the educators more detailed questions as part of the course Q&A session. We record responses to your outstanding …
Reflect on your learning with Jane & Yeasmin: how has your practice changed?
We’d like you to spend some time now to review your development. This will help you identify changes in your practice and thinking, and help you plan where you need …