June Maker, Professor at the University of Arizona, developed a differentiated curriculum model that breaks down each principle into components and then provides examples of what the modifications might be. Read June Maker’s Model for content modification and think about how you can incorporate these principles into your classroom.
How does Maker’s Model look in a classroom? Due to varying levels of student learning, teachers are often overwhelmed in meeting these diverse needs.
The following scenarios prepared by Carol Ann Tomlinson, University of Virginia, gives a better picture of how differentiation of instruction using Maker’s Model can look in various classrooms. First, read each scenario in this document to see how Maker’s Model was used and where the curriculum was differentiated. Then click here for more practice with interactive differentiation activity.