The Force of Differentiating

CHAPTER 2

The first cog of the clock!!

The Student Seeks

Affirmation

Contribution

Power 

Purpose

Challenge

Give the students what they seek!!! Give them that X that marks the spot they are knowingly or unknowingly searching for!! They want to know why they need to know something. They want it to be worthwhile and stretch their muscles. They want to be apart of the process and they want to feel loved!! help them out!

I want to give my students what they need and even what they want. Most importantly I want them to feel right on the edge of comfortable so we can expound their schemas and create new ones!

Some key points I found in chapter 2:

• (My fav) Student needs are the impetus for differentiation. 
• The needs of the students are what drive the differentiating!! It is not random!!
• Emotions trump learning, need to feel safe. 
• Nobody retains or likes information the learn learned when bored, scared, or ignored!