Additional Resources
Briefs
- Effective Practices Brief: Planning for Reaching the Standards (PDF Format)
- Effective Practices Fact Sheet: Planning for Reaching the Standards (PDF Format)
DOE Sample Materials
- Introduction to the Differentiating Instruction Toolkit [Doc Format | PDF Format]
- Differentiating Instruction Overview: Bibliography [Doc Format | PDF Format]
- Differentiating Instruction Overview Presentation [PPT Format | PDF Format]
- Differentiating Instruction Handouts [PPT Format | PDF Format]
- The Planning Process for Differentiating Instruction [PPT Format | PDF Format]
Resources Related to Differentiated Instruction in Mixed Ability Classrooms
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development(1994) Challenging gifted learners in the regular classroom. Alexandria, VA: Author. (video staff development set)
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (1997). Differentiating instruction. Alexandria, VA: Author. (video staff development set)
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, (2001). At work in the differentiated classroom. Alexandria, VA: Author. (video staff development set).
- Archambault, F., Westberg, K., Brown, S., Hallmark, B., Zhang, W., & Emmons, C. (1993). Classroom practices used with gifted third and fourth grade students. Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 16, 103-119.
- Bateman, B. (1993). Learning disabilities: The changing landscape. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 25(1), 29-36.
- Cohen, E., & Benton, J.(1988). Making groupwork work. American Educator, 12(3)10-17,45-46.
- Cole, R. (1995). Educating everybody’s children: Diverse teaching strategies for diverse learners. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
- Delpit, L. (1995). Other people’s children: Cultural conflict in the classroom. New York: The New Press. Ginsberg, M., & Wlodkowski, R. (2000). Creating highly motivating classrooms for all students: A schoolwide approach to powerful teaching with diverse learners. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
- Krumboltz, J., & Yeh, C. (1996, December). Competitive grading sabotages good teaching. Phi Delta Kappan, 324-326.
- Lee, C., & Jackson, R. (1992). Faking it. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Publishers.
- Strachota, B. (1996). On their side: Helping children take charge of their learning. Greenfield, MA: Northeast Society for Children.
- Tomlinson, C. (1995). Deciding to differentiate instruction in middle school: One schoolís journey. Gifted Child Quarterly, 39, 77-87.
- Tomlinson, C. (1996). Differentiating instruction for mixed ability classrooms: A professional inquiry kit. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
- Tomlinson, C. (1998, November). For integration and differentiation choose concepts over topics. Middle School Journal, 3-8. Tomlinson, C., & Kalbfleisch, L. (1998, November). Teach me, teach my brain: A call for differentiated classrooms. Educational Leadership, 52-55.
- Tomlinson, C. (1999). The differentiated classroom: Responding to the needs of all learners. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
- Tomlinson, C. (1999, November). Mapping a route toward differentiated instruction. Educational Leadership, 57(1), 12-16.
- Tomlinson, C. (1999). Leadership for differentiated classrooms. The School Administrator, 9(56),6-11.
- Tomlinson, C. (2000, September). Reconcilable differences: Standards-based teaching and differentiation. Educational Leadership, 58(1), 6-11.
- Tomlinson, C. (2001, March). Grading for success. Educational Leadership, 58(6), 12-15.
- Tomlinson, C. (2001) How to differentiate instruction in mixed-ability classrooms (2nd edition). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
- Tomlinson, C., Moon, T., & Callahan, C. (1998). How well are we addressing academic diversity in the middle school? Middle School Journal, 29(3), 3-11.
- Tomlinson, C., & Allan, S. (2000). Leadership for differentiating schools and classrooms. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
- Weinbrenner, S. (1992). Teaching gifted kids in the regular classroom. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit.
- Winebrenner, S. (1996). Teaching kids with learning difficulties in the regular classroom. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit.
(Provided by Carol Tomlinson, Ed.D. University of Virginia, PO Box 400277, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4277)
