Content Differentiation Options
The content of curriculum is the new knowledge, skills, behaviors and attitudes to be learned in the activity. Content can be drawn from one discipline (subject) or it may be interdisciplinary. The content in any discipline may be in the form of facts, concepts, procedures, principles, generalizations, theories, strategies, heuristics, actions, meanings, emotions, etc. Strategies for differentiating the content include:
- Increasing the abstractness
- Increasing the complexity
- Including extracurricular topics
- Including studies of the lives and ways of living of highly accomplished individuals
- Organizing content for learning value
- Including real life topics
- Including student self-selected content