Discussion From Week 2

Purpose
I plan to research the impact of Differentiated Instruction on student achievement in social studies at my school. We are ending a two year cycle that has included our school creating a DI leadership group with the hope that we could expand the use of Di in our campus. I still feel that there is push back to this philosophy. My study will show the impact of DI lessons on test scores. Our current requirement is that teachers teach two DI lessons per grading period. I can use test data to compare and contrast items taught with DI and items that were not taught with DI.

Significance

I think the teachers will benefit and see that the DI philosohy can lead to greater student achievment. I think our school as a whole will benefit because we have used grant money to pay for the training of DI. Our campus and district leadership can see that the money they spent was not wasted. I think that reluctant teachers who have failed to embrace this philosophy will see that DI is effective for our students.