4. Individualized curriculum
Why individualized curriculum program
Differentiated instruction
Differentiated instructional beliefs
Types of previous individualized programs
Current adoptive approaches
9 factors of adoptive curricula
Explanation of current approaches
Conclusion
5. Individualized curriculum involves
promoting student choice, curriculum
integration, differentiated learning, and
self-assessment that engage students
deeply in learning.
(Brown, 2002).
6. Educators continue to search for curricula
that respond to individual differences
among students in the classroom so to
cope up with individual differences they
focus on individualized curriculum.
7. Differentiated instruction is an approach
applied to teaching and learning that gives
students multiple options for taking
information and making sense of ideas”
(Hall, Strangman, & Meyer, 2011)
8. Students who are the same age differ in their
readiness, interests, styles of learning,
experiences, and life circumstances.
Students will learn best when supportive adults
push them to work without assistance.
Students will learn best when they can make a
connection between the curriculum and their
interests and life experiences
(Passman,
2009).
10. An important aspect of any adaptive approach
is that it relates to curriculum standards and
that it is simple to use them into academic
situations with well-organized plans and
congruent unit objectives .
(March & Peters, 2002).
11. Greater attention to problem solving.
Focus by staff on most important parts of
curriculum.
Alignment of expected outcomes.
Connections between different subject
areas .
Inclusion of a variety of methods (inquiry,
guided discussion, action research).
14. It is an attempt to combine the direct
instruction with open education
system that is found to be more
effective.
ALEM attempts to restructure the
school environment rather than to
alter the instructional system.
15. Cooperative learning methods provide
teachers with effective ways to response
to diverse students by promoting
academic achievement and cross-cultural
understanding.
16. “Even the slowest and more reluctant reader
can learn to read well when taught according to
their individual learning styles”
(Mariacarbo,2003)
According to this model learners differ in their
styles of learning, those styles are assessed
and that knowledge of styles help both learner
and teacher.
17. MLM includes the following six steps:
Clearly specified learning objectives
Short and valid assessment procedures
Specific mastery standards
Sequence of learning procedure
Provision of feedback
Provision of extra time and help on errors.
18. We can say that the important ingredient
for creating successful curriculum reform
include a culturally and linguistically
responsive staff as well as thoughtfully
planned and developmentally appropriate
curriculum that is likely to promote
positive outcomes for all children.