Adapting Unstoppable Learning

how to differentiate instruction to improve student success at all learning levels

Yazmin Pineda Zapata, Rebecca Brooks

• Publisher: Solution Tree Press
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781943874217
• eBook ISBN: 9781943874224
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Inclusive Education

Foreword by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey

Modify your curriculum using streamlined assignments, targeted assessments, and student engagement strategies for different learning styles.

This practical guide expands upon the Unstoppable Learning model to explore accessible learning for all students. Through specific curriculum and environmental accommodations and modifications, as well as personal and technology supports, K–12 teachers will discover how to provide differentiated instruction to students with varying needs, from physical disabilities to twice-exceptionality. Forms, tools, and diagrams designed to aid instructional planning are also included.

How will this book help you?

• Learn how to adjust curriculum in ways that maintain appropriate levels of rigor for different learning styles.
• Consider real school vignettes and examples that illustrate successful Unstoppable Learning adaptations for inclusive classrooms.
• Study the four guiding principles of systems thinking: relationships, communications, responsiveness, and sustainability.
• Consider the importance of collaboration and communication in learning adaptations.

• Study helpful and informative tools and diagrams intended to aid in planning instruction for different learning styles.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Acknowledgments
• Table of Contents
• About the Editors
• About the Authors
• Foreword
• Introduction
• 1 Creating an Adaptation-Friendly Systems Thinking Classroom
• 2 Making Accommodations and Modifications While Ensuring Rigor
• 3 Determining Personal Supports
• 4 Communicating With Key Collaborators
• Epilogue: Changing a Belief System
• References and Resources
• Index