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Differentiation | Overview

Differentiation involves a range of strategies to respond to the needs of learners found in today’s classrooms. Learners grouped in classrooms have varying interests, understandings, prior knowledge and abilities. In order to meet their needs, it may be necessary to differentiate instruction at different points in the school day. In general, differentiation involves some form of adjustment to the content, process , product, context or evaluation of learning. The differentiation method or strategy you use will depend on your learners, the complexity of the task or activity, and resources available to you. Sometimes teachers differentiate in one way, for instance, differentiate the learning process for a particular task, but not in other ways. Other times, teachers may differentiate the process and the evaluation--depending on the needs of the learner.