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The term Curriculum Differentiation was used most often in gifted ed circles. Differentiation is a critical must for gifted students. |
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| ""The term 'curriculum differentiation'
has been used for a good while in the field of gifted education
and has been focused predominately on adaptations for advanced
learners...I think it's our obligation/opportunity as teachers
to help students learn for deep understanding and meaning. Those
elements belong to everyone." - CTomlinson (email conversation w Suzanne Goff ~july2006) |
| "CD. DI. What's the difference?..the
National Research Center for the Gifted and Talented undertook
a related (gifted ed and differentiation) five year study...I too
have met many people who assume that when we talk about differentiation
we are targeting the needs of G/T students...We talk of differentiation
because we know that each child has different learning characteritics
that, if not addressed properly, can detract from the effectiveness
of a learning opportunity. GT folks are interested in differentiation
because they advocate for kids with learning characteristics that
makes differentiation important for optimal child development.
The same is true for special education, ESL, vocational education,
and general education folks... I think the vocabulary confusion is compounded by the fact that there are various definitions of curriculum floating around. Kim Marsall, a journalist in the field of education, has discovered at least seven different definitions for curriculum. Some people refer to lesson plans as curriculum. Others suggest that content is synonymous with curriculum. Still others use the term curriculum as a synonym for the commercial materials or the state standards they use...From our perspective, curriculum is the design plan we create to bridge teachers and students to foundational, discipline-based content" -DBurns (email conversation w Suzanne Goff ~july2006) |
| "Developing curriculum that is sufficiently rigorous, challenging, and coherent for students who are gifted is a challenging task...Appropriately differentiated curriculum produces well-educated, knowledgeable students who have had to work very hard, have mastered a substantial body of knowledge, and can think clearly and critically about that knowledge. Achieving such results for one or for a classroom full of students who are gifted will produce high levels of satisfaction, not only for the students who are beneficiaries, but also for every teacher who is willing to undertake the task." SBerger Differentiation for Gifted Students, ERIC EC Digest #E510 1991 |
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