Differentiated Instruction

When I was teaching history on my internship, I was able to have students learn through different ways. Through the unit, and then through the exam, the students were able to learn through a variety of methods. They were able to visually represent what they were learning (which is how the unit was started), and then we were able to use discussion based, writing based, note based, methods of instruction in order to address the needs of this class which had varied learners in the class. The variables, were that we were needing to look at different aspects of "Multiple Intelligences" as students learn in different ways. This history class involved a very broad group of students, who learned in different ways, and were able to demonstrate their skills in different ways. The curriculum involved learning of lots of different concepts, so it was important to the curriculum to utilize different techniques. Lots of the students were not interested in studying, so it needed to be unique approaches to get them engaged.