Differentiated Teaching and Formative Assessment
Benefits
Pupil – Enable each student to reach their full potential
- Increase student engagement.
- Builds self-confidence in each child.
- Better learning outcomes.
Teacher – Reduced workload
- Automatically identifies students who need assistance.
- Automatically screens for dyslexia.
Which classes?
1st to 6th class in primary school
How it works
Teaching
- Differentiated teaching for each student.
- Methodology: Look, Say, Picture, Cover, Write, Check
and Use.
Learning
- Self-paced, students work independently.
- Learning is based on a visual approach- identifying letter
strings, mnemonics in words. - Spellings linked to writing and long-term memory.
Assessment
- Individualised formative assessment
- Continuous long term memory test
What do I need to run the programme?
In the classroom or at home with a tablet or computer for each student, with an internet connection.
Developed with Dr Aidan Murphy, University College Dublin, Computer Science
