Master of Arts (M.a.)
Differentiated Instruction
Program Highlights & Benefits
Classes meet in an online format or on campus
2 year or less completion time, including holiday breaks
One course completed every 8 weeks
Transfer credits considered
Program Overview
The Master of Arts in Differentiated Instruction is designed for current educators who are interested in leading change and reform efforts in their educational settings (needs access to a classroom). These educators are those looking for knowledge, skills, and dispositions to act as teacher-leaders in planning and implementing differentiated instructional improvements and curricular enhancements as they relate to all students.
Program Objectives
- Think critically, creatively, and analytically in ways that promote meaningful teaching and learning experiences
- Be able to articulate learning theory, assess students’ needs and develop curriculum and instructional strategies to meet those needs
- Master a variety of cognitive and learning theories, differentiation in the content areas, instructional technology across the curriculum, various instructional approaches and the importance of managing the differentiated learning environment using research-based instructional strategies and data-driven decision making
- Provides knowledge, skills, and dispositions for students to act as teacher-leaders in planning and implementing differentiated instructional improvements and curricular enhancements as they relate to all students
Areas of Study
| Course Number | Title | Hours |
| EDI-6010 | Differentiation and Learning Theory | 3 |
| EDI-6020 | Curriculum and Instructional Development for the Differentiated Classroom | 3 |
| EDI-6030 | Instructional Methods of the Differentiated Classroom | 3 |
| EDI-6035 | Assessment of Student Learning | 3 |
| EDI-6040 | Seminar in Differentiated Instruction | 3 |
| EDL-6530 | Teacher Leadership: Instructional Coaching and Mentoring | 3 |
| EDL-6715 | Teacher Leadership: Providing Instructional Support | 3 |
| EDT-6010 | Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum | 3 |
| ESL-6350 | Cross-Cultural Studies: Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students | 3 |
| SPED-6365 | Instructional Strategies for Students with Specific Learning Disabilities & Emotional Disabilities | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 30 |
Master's Capstone Experience
The capstone experience for Differentiated Instruction is the last course, Seminar in Differentiated Instruction. As the capstone course, candidates will demonstrate differentiated teaching instruction in a field setting by designing a unit of study or block of instruction using differentiated strategies. Candidates will then teach the unit to students in an educational setting, analyze student learning gains, and reflect on their implementation of differentiated instruction. Candidates also will demonstrate their proficiency, knowledge and skills by integrating technology as a teaching and learning tool throughout the unit or block on instruction and its implementation.
NOTE: This is only an introduction of the program. You are responsible to review the Graduate Catalog for program details.
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