I see differentiation as a way to get all students of all different learning levels to learn the same material and pass the same grade. Differentiation is the way the teacher wants to split p her class or divide up the work so that all students can succeed at their own pace. I experienced it as a way teachers can divide up learning activities and divide up students that needthe same help or are slow in the same subject. The teacher can individually help each student or focus on a few students at a time that need help in math or English. It doesn't even have to be just a problem with learning, the student can have problems at home or not really be interested in school and the teacher has to give that student a little or attention to get that student interested and help them out. Or the student can have a learning disability or autism and the teacher can get that kid to pass in the same class room as the normal class kids by differentiation and splitting up the class into groups and out ways of teaching to help out everyone and challenge everybody.
