"Differentiating Instruction in the High School Science Classroom: Inst" by Nicole M. Kesselring
 

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Abstract

Students in today's classrooms come from many different backgrounds and have many different educational needs and learning styles. Today's education emphasizes inclusion of students with learning disabilities and a reduction of out-of-class services for gifted learners. Working to meet the needs of the broad spectrum of students is a big challenge for many of today's science teachers. Indications are that most teachers are making few proactive modifications based on learner variance. Inclusion of students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and English Language Learners (ELL) in science classrooms along with gifted learners calls for a need of differentiated or academically responsive instruction. Many different instructional modifications can be used in the science classroom to differentiate instruction and better meet the needs of students with ADHD, ELLs, and gifted students. This paper provides support and research for differentiating instruction based on student variance in the science classroom.

Year of Submission

2010

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Education

Department

Science Education Program

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Date Original

2010

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1 PDF (iii, 47 pages)

Language

en

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