| Goals |
- Focuses on content or performance goals
- Less acknowledgment of learner variability
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- Acknowledges variability of all learners
- Differentiates goals from means
- Provides multiple options for tools and strategies
- Develops “expert” or life-long learners:
Sets higher expectations reachable by every learner
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| Methods |
- Takes broad approach to instructional decisions and routines
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- Differentiates research-based methods based on instructional goals
- Considers emotional and social needs of learners
- Focuses on classroom climate
- Uses continual progress monitoring to adjust methods as needed for individual learners
- Provides flexibility
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| Materials |
- Broad emphasis on instructional materials
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- Uses a variety of flexible materials: multimedia, hyperlinked text, electronic coaching
- Allows alternatives for accessing, analyzing, organizing, and demonstrating understanding
- Engages learners: choice, interest, motivation
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| Assessment |
- Uses assessments that focus on content or performance goals
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- Uses a variety of means to determine knowledge
- Focuses on accurate and “just in time” assessments
- Guides instruction for all learners
- Focuses on the goal, not the means
- Reduces barriesrs to accurate measurement for all learners
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