Differentiated Instruction

Differentiation and the Four Types of Students
Link: http://mindstepsinc.com/Differentiation/ (go to resources for the classroom and click the link)
This chart was helpful in that it clearly laid out the different types of students and especially the environments that they need to learn the most effectively.  This would be help to a teacher who could decide what type of student they are dealing with and how they could help that student.  Environment is a vital component of learning and through this chart a teacher could get some tips on how to best manage their classroom depending on the student.

Planning Sheet
Link: http://mindstepsinc.com/Differentiation/ (under resources heading also)
This template would be beneficial to any teacher who is designing curriculum and lesson plans to meet the needs of their students.  By dividing the categories into each group of students and having the teacher apply the same questions to all groups, one can clearly see what needs to be done for each specific situation.  This would help for planning and also for those just being introduced to the subject because they could clearly see what it applied to each classification of student.

Example Unit Plan
Link: http://mindstepsinc.com/Differentiation/ (under resources heading. title: US History plan)
I chose to post the link for this plan because I am planning on teaching history.  This would directly benefit me in demonstrating how I could apply the template to my own field and what it means for each classification of student.  I could expand from this template to other material and use it as a reference point to remember what each classification means and what teaching techniques would be the most effective.  It was helpful to see this applied to my own subject and gave me a better general understanding of differentiation.