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Differentiating compels teachers to discover the academic starting places of students as well as students’ experiences with and interest in the content through formative assessments. Throughout the unit teachers use what they have learned through formative assessment to differentiate using flexible approaches to curriculum, instruction, grouping, timing, and assessment.
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McComas, W.F. (2014). Differentiation. In: McComas, W.F. (eds) The Language of Science Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-497-0_31
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