Name__AlexVanDusen______________________

EDUG501
AnticipationGuideforBurden&Byrd,Chapter2,pgs.2540,5157
KnowingYourStudents
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__D_ Individualstudentdifferencesshouldnotaffecttheinstructional
methodsorproceduresteachersuse.

__D_ Diversityonlyreferstoculturaldifferences.

__A_ Informationaboutthesourcesofstudentdiversitycanbeusedasthebasis
forclassroomdecisionstocreateasupportive,caringlearning
environment.

4. _A_ __A_ Avarietyofinstructionalapproachesisneededtochallengeallstudents

andtomeettheirinstructionalneeds.

5. _D_ __D_ Themosteffectivewaytoteachdiversepopulationsistoteachtheclassas

thoughallindividualsinitarebasicallyalike.
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Teachersshouldnotviewstudentspastrecords,asthiscouldinfluence
theirjudgmentconcerningthestudents.

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Moststrugglinglearnersarejustlazy.

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Cooperativelearningstrategiesshouldonlybeusedwithgiftedortalented
students.

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__D_ Teachersshouldmakeadaptationstoonlyonecurricularelementatany
pointinalessonorunit.

Beforereadingthechapter,reacttoeachstatement.WriteanAforagree,orDfordisagree.
Readthechapterwiththepurposeoffindingevidencethatsupportsofdisconfirmsyourresponse
andhighlightortakenotesinthetext.
Afterreading,revisitthisAnticipationGuideandrecordanAorDbasedonyournew
knowledge.Onaseparatepaper,providetheevidence(paraphrase)alongwiththepagenumber

andparagraphnumberthatconfirmsordisprovesyourresponses.Attachthisanticipationguide
toyourevidencepaper.

1.Burden&Byrd(2016)explainthateducatorsmusttakeindividualdifferencesintoaccount
whenplanningclassroominstruction.(page25)
2.Onpage26,Burden&Byrdimplythatdiversityisatermthatincludesdifferencesin
socioeconomicstatus,culture,aswellasdifferencesinability,gradelevel,andachievement
levels.(page26,firstparagraph)
3.Alsoonpage26,Burden&Byrdrecommendgettingtoknowyourstudentssothatitwill
affecthowyouorganizeyourclassroomenvironmentandclassroomculture.(paragraph3)
4.ThroughoutChapter2,Burden&Byrdprovideexamplesofhowteacherscanandshould
differentiateinstructioninordertochallengealloftheirstudentsofvariousbackgroundsandto
meettheireducationalneeds.
5.Similarlytothequoteprior,Burden&Byrdareclearthroughoutthechapterthatinstruction
shouldbedifferentiatedforstudentsofdiversebackgroundsinordertobenefitallstudents.They
listedvarioustechniquesandstrategiesbasedoncognitivedifferences(page27),gender(page
33),language(page35),sexualorientation(page34),culture(page37),andstudentsatrisk
(page39).
6.Onpage52,Burden&Byrddiscusswaysthatteacherscanaccessinformationabouttheir
students.Oneofthewaysisthroughviewingcumulativerecords.
7.Therearemultiplepossiblereasonsandcausesastowhyastudentmaybeastruggling
learner.Burden&Byrddiscussthevariouspossibilitiesinpages28.Strugglinglearnersmay
haveahardtimereading,mayhavenegativeperspectivestowardslearning,andmayhave
limitedattentionspans.
8.Cooperativelearningstrategiesshouldbeusedwithallstudents.Someexamplesarediscussed
whenaddressinghowtodifferentiateinstructionbasedongender(page33)andculturaldiversity
(page36).
9.ConsideringthemultitudeofinstructionalstrategiesandtechniquesthatBurdenandByrd
recommendthroughoutthechapter,itmaybeverybeneficialfortheteacherandthestudentsto
adaptaunitorlessoninmorethanoneaspect.