Journal Article Review week 4

I choose the article What Research Says About…/ Differentiated Learning because this is a relative topic that teachers are implementing in the classroom. The article states how teachers are dealing with students that are not only different due to cultural but most importantly, these students are on different cognitive levels. The research in this article goes on to tell us how beneficial it is for students to be meet at their zone of proximal development. Some of the examples that are stated is grouping students for instruction and responding to students learning style. From both of these methods they have seen improvement in children academic achievement. The sole purpose for differentiated instruction is to receive an appropriate education in an inclusive classroom. Reading this article I form my own opinion, I believe that it stated great ideas on how to ensure that each students is making educational success. For example, in my own classroom I have my students divided in to 5 groups that rotate through 5 different centers this way I could focus on what each students needs on a smaller scale. One thing that I believe this article leaves out is how hard it is to create a system in a classroom that works so that students on all levels could work independently. I know I personally work every day to try and improve my system. I try to color code everything this way my students know they must complete the task with the same color marker. In my classroom I am lucky enough to have an instructional assistant, I image that it is even harder to accommodate all the needs in a classroom with large class sizes. Sharing this article to my colleagues will motivate them to work even harder because they will see that their efforts are beneficial to their student’s success. I think it is important for teachers to be enlightened on the fact that backs up the teaching methods. Knowing this information about differentiated learning I will continue to use