A guide to advancing differentiated instruction that provides strategies for building achievement motivation, encouraging self-regulation, inspiring student passion and creativity, designing complex curriculum, and more; and includes more than fifty figures and sample lessons, over forty reproducible forms, and a CD-ROM with a PowerPoint presentation for professional development.

"CD-ROM included"--Cover. "Grades K-12"--Cover p. [4].

Defining how differentiation looks in today's classroom -- Defining the essentials of a differentiated curriculum -- Advancing differentiation to new levels through a rigorous curriculum -- Motivating and engaging learners -- Developing student self-regulation -- The teaching and learning continuum: building success through autonomy -- The thinking classroom -- A framework for thinking: digging deeper into Bloom's taxonomy -- Critical thinking: developing reasoned thought -- Creative thinking: stepping outside the box -- Problem finding, problem solving, and decision making.