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Most Classroom Teachers Struggle To Meet The Needs Of Their Class, Which Will Probably Include Pupils Across The Ability Range. This Book Contains Practical Advice Enables Teachers To Meet Both Their Needs And The Needs Of All Their Pupils. Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List Of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I Definitions And Scope Of Differentiation -- Introduction To Part I -- 1 Thinking And Talking About Differentiation: 'it's Like A Bar Of Soap...' -- 2 Grounds For Differentiation: Some Values And Principles In Primary Education Considered -- Part Ii Differentiation And Literacy -- Introduction To Part Ii -- 3 Visual Literacy: Access For All -- 4 'cushioned By Confidence': Using Picture Books As A Resource For Differentiated Learning -- 5 'you Think I'm Thick, Don't You?' Children's Reading Histories -- 6 Hearing Impaired Children In The Mainstream Classroom: The Effects On Literacy And Learning -- Part Iii Mixed Ability: The Range Of Learners -- Introduction To Part Iii -- 7 Differentiation In Physical Education -- 8 Differentiation In Primary Mathematics: Some Dilemmas -- 9 Science And Special Educational Needs -- 10 An Ear To The Ground: Learning Through Talking -- 11 'snjezana I Sedam Patuljaka': Developing Language Through Writing Bilingual Texts -- Part Iv Issues Of Assessment -- Introduction To Part Iv -- 12 Assessment And Diversity -- 13 Teaching The Art Of Detection: Differentiated Approaches To Learning And Assessment, Or How To Give All The Clues Without Spelling Out The Answers -- 14 Back To Basics: Planning For And Assessing The Progress Of Children With A Range Of Learning Difficulties -- Conclusion: Constructing A Policy For Differentiation -- Appendix: A Framework For Discussion -- Index.