Chapter 11 Overview

Every student brings his or her strengths, needs, and interests to the classroom. Because students achievement levels and preferred ways of learning vary, teachers modify instruction in three ways: They modify the content that students need to learn, the instructional process used to teach students, and the products students create to demonstrate their learning.

Objectives
After reading this chapter, you should be able to: 1. Discuss the ways in which teachers differentiate instruction to meet the needs of all students, including struggling students. 2. Identify the ways in which factors such as decoding, fluency, vocabulary and/or comprehension may cause difficulty for struggling students. 3. Explain the need for teachers to use a balanced approach that incorporates explicit instruction, materials at students reading levels, and more time for reading and writing. 4. Describe effective intervention programs.