Module 7 INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES concerning what they will learn and how they
will learn it.
Factors that bring about Student Diversity
8. Diversify your methods of assessing and
gender evaluating student learning.
racial background 9. Purposely, form small-discussion groups of
ethnic /cultural background students from diverse backgrounds.
socioeconomic status
thinking/learning style CLASS ACTIVITY
exceptionalities Each student will fill in the information needed
and the class tallies the similar and different
How student Diversity Enriches the Learning responses. In what ways are your classmates
Environment similar? What are the differences?
1. Students’ self-awareness is enhanced by
diversity 1. As a class make a comprehensive
2. Student diversity contributes to cognitive description of the class personality.
development
3. Student diversity prepares learners for their Make a (choose only one)
role as responsible members of society. song
4. Student diversity can promote harmony. poem
jingle
Tips on student Diversity collage
1. Encourage learners to share their personal poster
history and experiences. video presentation
2. Integrate learning experiences and activities batch I.D
which promote students’ multicultural and batch logo
cross-cultural awareness.
3. Aside from highlighting diversity, identify
pertaining to the individual differences of the
patterns of unity that transcend group
personality of the class based on the above
differences.
data.
4. Communicate high expectations to students
from all sub-groups.
5. Use varied instructional methods to Psalms 139: 13-14
accommodate student diversity in learning For you created my inmost being; you
styles. knit me together in my mother’s womb. I
6. Vary the examples you used to illustrate praise you because I am fearfully and
concepts in order to provide multiple context wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I
that are relevant to students from diverse know that full well.
background. Relate the above given verse to
7. Adapt to the students’ diverse backgrounds individual differences.
and learning styles by allowing them personal
choice and decision-making opportunities
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