Differentiated Instruction: Guided and Independent Learning for All Students

Differentiated Instruction: Guided and Independent Learning for All Students is for elementary and middle school teachers who work with a wide range of student ability levels and backgrounds. It features a practical perspective for planning and organizing differentiated instruction in teacher directed and independent work groups. Sample lessons, activities, grouping frameworks, assessment strategies, and reproducible blackline masters are provided along with practical management techniques. This is a valuable resource that will help teachers increase the achievement of all students.

Janice Skowron is an education consultant specializing in differentiated instruction. She is also well known for her work on assessment and reading/writing improvement. She focuses on the practical application of research based strategies to classroom instruction. In addition to authoring books and other resource materials, she is an expert workshop facilitator. Dr. Skowron has served as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, administrator, and university instructor.