{"id":382,"date":"2025-09-12T16:52:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/?page_id=382"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:07:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T17:07:43","slug":"secondary-differentiation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/secondary-differentiation\/","title":{"rendered":"Secondary Differentiation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"#philosophy-differentiation\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/38-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/38-1024x1024.png 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https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/39-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/39-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/39-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/39.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"#subject-specific\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/40-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/40-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/40-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/40-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/40-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/40.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"#instructional-approaches\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/41-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/41-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/41-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/41-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/41-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/oer.uregina.ca\/assessmentsk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/41.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-default has-border-color has-custom-color-4-color has-custom-color-2-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-6bd240eb3d84a3964f0aad04670a9f78\" id=\"philosophy-differentiation\" style=\"border-color:#ffc82e;border-width:7px;border-radius:0px\"><strong><strong>Philosophy of Differentiation<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-94e98ed199911be48aa4e0127e6ba34e is-style-text-subtitle--2\">You NEED To KNOW Your Students to Differentiate Well<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d116dfcb9d36a135f38db2879952acdc is-style-text-subtitle--3\">Differentiation Shows Kids What They\u2019re Capable Of<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2d9ba324c52c1062ce2b046f821d216a is-style-text-subtitle--4\">Differentiation Should Happen From the Start But\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-addc137d85df11729d57ff4e5d2af129 is-style-text-subtitle--5\">Differentiating in High School<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-default has-border-color has-custom-color-4-color has-custom-color-2-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-db390602e6f901f74be7d2ef6a193621\" id=\"practical-differentiation\" style=\"border-color:#ffc82e;border-width:7px;border-radius:0px\"><strong><strong>Practical Differentiation Strategies<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5f1cc3f88bce98722b6d0fca9e456f0d is-style-text-subtitle--6\">Optimize Your Assessments for Independence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-77440a38589948b516f3bb4f15c58131 is-style-text-subtitle--7\">Keep Expectations Reasonable for Each Student<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-63e72ce91d75aa1d7b56e8f48688f60c is-style-text-subtitle--8\">HOW Assessments Are Presented Can Be Flexible<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-38bbefb8ccc5c6363c445fcc92fdcce0 is-style-text-subtitle--9\">Use Scaffolding to Differentiate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-99dd1ef245b05065ecaa8cc6361e5900 is-style-text-subtitle--10\">Differentiation is About Physical Tools Too<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-default has-border-color has-custom-color-4-color has-custom-color-2-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-3d79e52af5496b1c876ec53136e3992f\" id=\"subject-specific\" style=\"border-color:#ffc82e;border-width:7px;border-radius:0px\"><strong><strong>Subject-Specific 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wp-elements-64d50f8e8d7f711c917f1fb67595d0aa is-style-text-subtitle--16\">Goal of the Assessment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c74e594240f90ef2fd4f99b59b43e250 is-style-text-subtitle--17\">Differentiate Expectations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-daea37a8e886909e2d85b3e9fd0945e4 is-style-text-subtitle--18\">Ideas for Adapting Assessments in Math<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading 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wp-elements-048f953928127dcc5928eeb64a949842 is-style-text-subtitle--24\">Assessing Their Best Efforts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f44979a3dbaa5b824fe08c16e3334062 is-style-text-subtitle--25\">Constantly Reflecting and Modelling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-default has-border-color has-custom-color-4-color has-custom-color-2-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-0b6f3558393e12c1a94b9cef8c200b20\" id=\"instructional-approaches\" style=\"border-color:#ffc82e;border-width:7px;border-radius:0px\"><strong><strong>Instructional Approaches That Support Differentiation<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-767f00df235966d61b7a7ab784b8d7b4 is-style-text-subtitle--26\">Storytelling In Your Instruction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5afd396396edf2a859c2887c31430a85 is-style-text-subtitle--27\">Show Multiple Ways to Get to the Same Answer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:608px\"><div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:66.118421052632%\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c79c04f2948df736da954c562b56e594 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