One huge challenge we have as educators is determining in what way each individual student is unique and how we can utilize that determination to better educate each student as an individual, rather than educating individuals how the group best learns.  This is obviously foundational to differentiation...and it just makes sense.

We have all met students who think they are "smart" or "dumb" or somewhere in between, without much basis for this determination and certainly without any nuance.  We are wise as educators to remind students that intelligence is a complex thing.  We shouldn't paint with too broad a stroke when assessing anyone's intelligence.

We are all familiar with different learning styles.  I like this easy to access two-page overview for determining "how" a student is smart.  This is a truncated copy for illustration only.  To download the complete document in Word, click here!


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