Tournaki, N., & Lyublinskaya, I. (2015). TPACK for teaching mathematics and science and differentiation of instruction: Case study with pre-service special educators. In L. Liu & D. C. Gibson (Eds.), Research highlights in technology and teacher education 2015 (pp. 37-44). Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE).

Abstract:

“In this paper, we argue that the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge framework (TPACK, Mishra & Koehler, 2006) can be used to develop excellence in teaching in a variety of classrooms that include differentiation of instruction. In order to examine how the quality of differentiation changes as TPACK improves, 150 lesson plans of pre-service special educators were assessed using the TPACK Levels Rubric (Lyublinskaya & Tournaki, 2012). Two lesson plans were randomly selected at each level of TPACK (with total of eight) and examined for evidence of differentiation of instruction. The study describes how strategies used for differentiation parallel the levels of TPACK that were achieved by each participant.”