Journal 5

Did you experience any of the strategies of differentiated instruction listed in the text? If so, indicate which ones (such as stations, problem-based learning) you experienced and your reaction to this kind of learning. If not then discuss the benefits it holds for students in our schools today.

Journal 5

I have observed a teacher that uses stations in his classroom. He had five stations set up around his classroom. The stations included fun activities that were still focused on the material that needed to be covered.  He divided the students in those five groups and had them work at the stations for twenty minutes and then they switched.  The students seemed to enjoy this very much, they were not bored and they were actually doing the tasks that were asked of them. Another thing that I observed that the teacher did later on in the year, was project based learning.  He gave the students different topics to choose from and they had to come up with a project on the topic. The students were encouraged to use creative ways of presenting their projects. The projects that the students came up with were incredible.  There were several students who presented their information in a video with amazing graphics.  Other used very elaborate models, and others used power points.  The students were able to expand their creativity when they were given the option to pick from different topics and the way it would be presented.  The students that wanted to be creative could and those that couldn’t or didn’t want to didn’t have to.