Advancing Differentiation: Thinking and Learning for the 21st Century - Paperback

by Richard M. Cash (Author)

Powerful strategies that will transform the way you teach and the way your students learn.

Advancing Differentiation will lead you through the process of creating a thriving, student-centered, 21st-century classroom. Since its initial publica­tion, the book's materials have undergone rigorous testing and refinement in classrooms all over the world to deliver the best and most effective differen­tiation strategies. The strategies in this book will help you:

• Deeply engage every learner while challenging students to think critically, self-regulate, and direct their own learning
• Set new roles for student and teacher that encourage learner autonomy
• Employ cutting-edge techniques for designing rigorous E4 curriculum (effective, engaging, enriching, and exciting)

This revised and updated edition features:

• A primer on differentiation, which answers the crucial question, Why differentiate at all?
• Self-assessment surveys, observation forms, and new ideas for increasing proficiency in classroom differentiation
• Ways to address the changing needs of the future workforce
• More articulated curriculum design defining the differences between strategies and skills--refining the levels of conceptual knowledge

Author Biography

Dr. Richard Cash, Ed.D., is an award-winning author and educator who has worked in the field of education for over twenty-five years. His range of experience includes teaching, curriculum coordination, and program administration. Currently, he is an internationally recognized education consultant and the author of Self-Regulation in the Classroom: Helping Students Learn How to Learn and coauthor of Differentiation for Gifted Learners: Going Beyond the Basics. Richard lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.