Written as a practical guide for teachers, this expanded third edition covers the fundamentals of differentiation and provides additional guidelines and new strategies for how to go about it. Includes information on: what differentiation is and why it s essential; how to set up the flexible and supportive learning environment that promotes success; how to manage a differentiated classroom; how to plan lessons differentiated by readiness, interest, and learning profile; how to differentiate content, process, and products; how to prepare students, parents, and yourself for the challenge of differentiation.

Revised edition of: How to differentiate instruction in mixed-ability classrooms / Carol Ann Tomlinson. 2nd ed. Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2001. First edition published in 1995, as How to differentiate instruction in mixed-ability classrooms.