Welcome to my PIP Presentation

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Welcome to my PIP Presentation

• Diana Chien
• May 15, 2006
• Physics UTEP

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My PIP Plan
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What is Differentiated Learning?

• One Size Doesnt Fit All !!!
• When students have different opportunities to
  learn and take in information, make sense of the
  ideas, and express what they have learned so that
  they can each learn effectively.

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Why use differentiated learning in a classroom?

• 1. Intelligence is Variable
• Multifaceted
• Fluid, not fixed
• Brain research
• 2. The Brain Hungers for
• Meaning
• 3. Humans Learn Best with Moderate Challenge

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The Key Factor to Success

• Development of a order and safe learning
  environment that supports Differentiated Learning
  !!!

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What instructional strategies will I use?

• Differentiation Through

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Conservation of Energy
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3 Versions of Problem Sets
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Momentum Stations

• 6 stations total set up around the room
• 3 hands-on activities
• Egg-Drop
• Newtons Cradle
• Coins and Ruler
• 3 computer animations
• Each station had instructions and questions
  posted on it

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Egg-Drop Project
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Egg-Drop Project
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Egg-Drop Project
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How do I evaluate its effectiveness on student
learning?

• Continuous Assessments Through Questioning and
  Observations
• Through Exams
• Short-Answer Questions
• Challenge Problems
• Through Oral Presentations
• Egg-Drop Project

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My Conclusion

• Order and a safe learning environment
  is necessary for success.
• Differentiated Learning takes TIME and WORK (and
  lots of effort) !!!
• For both teacher and students to learn
• Student Teaching Semester Too Short
• To be Effective
• Always ask oneself What, How, Why?
• Scaffold instruction has to be well-planned
• Objectives have to be made very clear
• Teacher needs to constantly stay alert and be
  organized
• Repetition and Linking knowledge is essential !!!

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My Future Plan

• Broaden my knowledge of Differentiated Learning
  strategies
• To successfully build a Differentiated Physics
  Classroom where
• The teacher and students collaborate in learning.
• Learners are linked with understandings and
  skills at appropriate levels of challenge and
  interest.
• Students are expected to grow, and have support
  for their continual growth.

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• Push me! See how far I go!
• Work me til I drop. Then pick me up.
• Open a door, and then make me run to
• it before it closes.
• Teach me so that I might learn,
• Then let me enter the tunnel of
• experience alone.
• And when, near the end,
• I turn to see you beginning anothers
• journey,
• I shall smile.
• Tomlinson, Carol Ann. How to Differentiate
  Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms.
• Alexandria, VA, USA Association for Supervision
  Curriculum Development, 2001. p 97.
• http//site.ebrary.com/lib/brown/Doc?id10044807p
  pg106