The Inclusive Classroom: Strategies for Effective Differentiated Instruction

Over the past semester, I used this book for a lower graduate-level class in teaching in an inclusive setting and using differentiated instruction. Throughout the course of the class, I read through the entire thing, and it is definitely a good book for this subject. However, I didn't take a liking to the way it was written. In some places, it reads more conversationally at times, but some sections (especially the later chapters) seem to become simply lists and lists of techniques tied together with a few extra paragraphs of text transitioning between the lists. On one hand, these are VERY good lists and ideas, but on the other, this book is a bit hard to approach and read through as a result of this format. In my case, I have not taken any of my methods classes yet, so a lot of this information was new to me; however, I could see this book being redundant if one had already taken their teaching methods classes because of the great amount of overlap.Also, this book seems to focus on elementary education methods versus methods for secondary teachers. I was also taught by an elementary school principal, so that may have affected the focus, too, but I wish the balance would have been a little bit nicer in this regard. Yes, a lot of the elementary ideas generalize to a secondary setting...but many do not.All in all, this is a textbook that I plan on keeping to use for ideas later on, but as I went through this class, it definitely was not my favorite one I had to read. 3 stars.

I got my BS in Ed 4 years ago and I'm using the book for grad school. I wouldn't say it's a bad book, but it just really didn't have anything new to me since I was last in school. Also, general textbooks rarely help in an actual classroom. If you are not familiar with an inclusive classroom and differentiation though it may be worth it to get this book, as it'll give you a good idea of what to expect.

This book is very old and used very badly, whole book is marked and highlighted very disturbing to read and focus.

this product was exactly as described and delivered on time.

what I expected

Required for daughters college reading

Good resource.

I rented this book for a grad class on Inclusion and it has a lot of good information and strategies in it, but when I looked to see how much it would be to buy it, it would cost $125 (that's with the $20 rental price deducted). But it was previously used and you are selling it used for $44! Why can't I get it for that price, since it was used? Oh well, I will return it and then buy it used.