The effects of differentiated learning on students' academic achievement, learning approaches and learning retention

In recent years using appropriate teaching methods to maintain effective learning environment and to organize activities that helps learning differences gained importance. Teaching methods supporting the ways of reaching all the students having different abilities and characteristics is the basis of this research as these methods are suitable for constructivist approach and related to personal differences among kids. This study aims to determine the effect of tiered instruction and station techniques of differenciated instruction on students' achiviements, learning approaches and learning retainment which are important in terms of learning-teaching process. Learning aproaches which was one of the variables of the reasearch is categorised as surface and deep according to information processing preferences of students. So the effect of the differenciated instruction on students' preferences was determined to be the aim of the study.mThe research was applied on the 5th grade students of Beşiktaş Cumhuriyet Elementary School and Kağıthane Cumhuriyet Elemantary School using pre, post and delayed test model. Both the experiment and the control group composed of 66 students. Differentiated instructions were prepared for the course model titled