Annotated Bibliography Of Co-Teaching

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Annotated bibliography on how co-teaching enable us to differentiate instruction more effectively.
Differentiated instruction involves instructional practices and teaching strategies that are inclusive in nature, practices that enable all children succeed in the general education classroom and curriculum. Recent research indicates co-teaching is in fact an effective means to meeting the needs of individual students. This two definitions provided an interesting focus for my annotated bibliography on how co-teaching can help in delivering effective differentiated instruction.
The five articles annotated below show a strong correlation between differentiation and co-teaching.
1. Mastropieri, M. A., Scruggs, T. E., Graetz, J., Norland, J., Gardizi, W., & Mcduffie, K. (2005). Case Studies in Co-Teaching in the Content Areas. Intervention in School and Clinic, 40(5), …show more content…

Station teaching has been identified in the paper as a preferred model of co-teaching. The article talks about how station teaching is effective in delivering the math and science lessons in the secondary level. Station teaching also encourages the use of technology and communication the student-to teacher ratios is then decreased and this leads to small-groups getting better guidance and instruction from the teachers.
I think that the article has a narrow focus towards identifying station teaching as a preferable model of co-teaching. There are a lot of other positive models in the education research field that can complement the station teaching to maximize differentiation in co-taught situations.

5. Conderman, G., & Hedin, L. (2014). Differentiating instruction in co-taught classrooms for students with emotional/behavior difficulties. Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties, 20(4), 349-361.

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