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arabera Brian Morgan 14 years ago

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Tomlinson Chapter 9

Tailoring lessons to student interests involves several key strategies to enhance engagement and learning outcomes. Educators are encouraged to create an inclusive environment where students feel comfortable sharing their interests, fostering a sense of shared ownership.

Tomlinson Chapter 9

Planning Lessons by Interest

Guidelines for Differentiation

Keep an open eye and an open mind for a student with a serious passion
Giving up a project might pay dividends in long run
Be willing to adapt your own plans
Can be combined with other types of differentiation
not necessary to separate
Combine with readiness-based and learning profile
Create an open invitation for interests
creates shared ownership
students feel welcomed to share ideas
Develop efficient ways to share findings
use quads - can be common interest or not
avoid large group presentations
Provide structure that will lead to success
set goals, use rubrics, timelines, chekcpoints
not all students are highly indpendent
Link exploration with curriculum
gives focus to students
makes large discussion more valuable

Drawing on Existing Interests

Speciality Teams
Interest Centers or Groups
Sidebar Studies

Strategies to Support

Negotiated Criteria
Literature Circles
Jigsaw
WebQuests
Group Investigation
Design-A-DAy
Orbitals
I-Search

Expanding Interests

New Ways to Express to share Ideas and SKills
ask for student imput
try not to use the same methods over and over
be creative
Real-Life Applications of Ideas and Skills
topics can become new and exciting
students can interview someone who uses desired skill

Goals of Interest-Based Instruction

enhance motivation
using familiar skills as bridge to unfamiliar
demonstrate connectedness between all learning
help realize match between school and own desire to learn