Teacher Inquiry

As a member of the South Mississippi Writing Project Inquiry Institute, I will be conducting a research project in my classroom throughout the upcoming school year.  While pondering possible inquiry topics,  I recalled that I spent a great deal of time frustrated with differentiated instruction last year.  I had a class with a huge range of ability and interest levels.  My class contained the student who refused to read aloud and the student who read Jane Eyre for fun.
There is a great deal of information and research available on differentiated instruction for elementary classes; however, information for differentiated instruction in high school is limited. After seeing a need for more information in this area, I have chosen to research differentiated instruction in secondary language arts.