Since 1999, the movement to differentiate instruction to the needs, interests, and abilities of individual students has been guided by this monumental work written by Carol Ann Tomlinson, the leading authority in the field. This new edition updates the original book’s timeless advice with Tomlinson’s fresh insights drawn from years of supporting differentiation in various grade levels, all subjects, and all types of schools:
- Learn how to apply the principles of differentiation in schools driven by testing, standards, and accountability.
- Explore teaching strategies that make it easier to provide multiple learning paths for today’s ever more diverse students, including English language learners.
- Expand your instructional toolbox with differentiated strategies that include innovative technology.
Vivid classroom examples of real teachers ensure you always know what to differentiate, how to differentiate it, and why.
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Author Bio
Carol Ann Tomlinson, Ed.D, is Professor of Educational Leadership, Foundations, and Policy at the University of Virginia and was a public school teacher for 21 years. During Carol's time in public school, she taught in many differentiated classrooms and directed district-level programs for struggling and advanced learners. Today, as co-director of the University of Virginia Summer Institute on Academic Diversity, she works with an international community of educators committed to academically responsive classrooms.
Carol has published books with ASCD, Corwin Press, Solution Tree, and Scholastic including: How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms, Fulfilling the Promise of the Differentiated Classroom, The Parallel Curriculum, Managing a Differentiated Classroom, and Differentiation and the Brain.