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Web-based Tools for Differentiated Instruction |
Learn About Students
Teachers need to know about their students to make good instructional decisions for them. What teachers know about students informs many dimensions of instructional practice including:
- The creation of learning tasks,
- the range of choices students have to make,
- flexible grouping and more.
Web-based tools can make collecting useful information about students easier and more convenient. The analysis of data presented in a web-based format can be easier and different than that gained through more conventional methods. Focus on using these web-based tools to learn about student interest, readiness and learning profile. Then use this information to differentiate content, process, and product.
- Make your own surveys- Here are two free and fee-based tools that make online survey creation simple. Ask students (or their parents) to complete surveys on a classroom computer, the lab or at home. Print out the survey for those who might not have access.
- Zoomerang survey tool http://www.zoomerang.com/
- Surveymonkey survey tool http://www.surveymonkey.com
- Tips on making surveys- Any survey is only as good as the questions asked. Here are some tips for writing good surveys.
- Some tips for making good surveys >>link
- Other tips for making good surveys can be found at the following links:
- Use survey tools designed by others- These are interesting tools that might yield additional information for students and their teachers. Definitely worth checking out but use them (especially the IQ tests) with caution.
- Learning style inventories- http://www.ldpride.net/learning_style.html or http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lsi/lsiframe.html
- Jung Type Test- http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
- IQ tests- http://www.iqtest.com/or http://web.tickle.com/tests/uiq/