Differentiated Instruction

The ALL-ED framework is intentionally built using self-regulation and motivation theories and research on cognitive science because in the classroom, differentiated instruction is the decision-making process teachers use to notice student differences that impact learning and to use instruction to leverage differences or eliminate differences that prevent learning.  Often, it is easy to focus on instructional strategies grouped by low-preparation and high-preparation or by easy to hard problems, overlooking the observation that lead to the need or the instructional goal for these different assignments.  Without a clear instructional goal based on observations from student work, it is difficult to evaluate the impact of differentiated instruction.  ALL-ED helps teachers use self-regulated learning themselves in teaching and managing critical instructional decisions on their feet while instruction unfolds.  ALL-ED also aligns and encourages teachers to integrate research related to differentiated instruction such as Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Universal Design for Learning because teachers need to be able to think with evidence-based practices for effectively search for and respond to academic diversity.