Chapter 4: What Really Matters in Planning for Student Success?

Chapter 4 was all about differentiated instruction and the classrooms they were in. The authors talked about the way many teachers deal with struggling students and advanced students. They do this by giving the advanced kids more work, and the struggling students less work. I agree with UbD in the fact that this does nothing to help get the struggling student caught up, or help the advanced students go above and beyond. I plan on never doing this in my classroom. The chapter gives many examples of ways to better accommodate a class full of different levels of learners. I feel the way discussed above is just an easy way out, a way to fill time and get the lesson completed.