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Flipped Classroom. Six Strategies for Differentiated Instruction in Project-Based Learning. Project-based learning (PBL) naturally lends itself to differentiated instruction. By design, it is student-centered, student-driven, and gives space for teachers to meet the needs of students in a variety of ways. PBL can allow for effective differentiation in assessment as well as daily management and instruction. PBL experts will tell you this, but I often hear teachers ask for real examples, specifics to help them contextualize what it "looks like" in the classroom. We all need to try out specific ideas and strategies to get our brains working in a different context.

Here are some specific differentiation strategies to use during a PBL project. 1. We all know that heterogeneous grouping works, but sometimes homogenous grouping can be an effective way to differentiate in a project. 2. Reflection is an essential component of PBL. 3. This is probably one of my favorites. 4. 5. Formative assessments can look the same for all students. 6. Don't Prevent Students' Mistakes, Prepare for Them - Coach G's Teaching Tips. Pic Collage for iPad/iPhone. JellyCam - Stop Motion. Alarming Facts about Texting on our Lives. Parents Network: Poor Performance in High School. Advice, discussions, and reviews from the Parents of Teens weekly email newsletter. Berkeley Parents Network > Advice > Teens, Preteens, & Young Adults > Poor Performance in High School Junior is failing at Berkeley High Feb 2013 We need advice on a new high school environment for our 16 1/2 yo son at Berkeley High.

He has ADD, has been on and off meds, did OK in middle school, and passed most classes in his 1st 2 years of high school with C's and D's. For junior year he lost all motivation and failed the 1st semester of all 4 core classes. We are seriously thinking of another alternative school environment. Any information or suggestions would be appreciated. You and your son may want to check out the Alameda Community Learning Center (ACLC) in Alameda, CA. ACLC provides an innovative, hands-on, project-based curriculum that emphasizes student engagement in a democratic society through leadership, independence, self-direction and personal exploration.

ACLC has been recognized by U.S. Hi.