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John Maresca
Adjunct Faculty, College of Education
Proudly, I have served the Education Field as a Teacher, Varsity Coach, Youth Sports Volunteer and School Administrator. Additionally, I have served GCU as an Assistant Adjunct Professor, Student Teacher Supervisor, Adjunct Mentor, Blog Contributor and Facilitator for the CIRT Circle (Curriculum and Instruction).
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Teaching Tuesday: Differentiation in the Classroom | GCU Blog

Provide customized educational experiences to meet the needs of each student with differentiation in the classroom. Earn your teaching degree from GCU today.

Posted on April 2, 2024
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Dr. Maresca holds an EdD in Educational Leadership: Curriculum and Instruction from Argosy University. He is a published author and faculty member for GCU's College of Education. His research interests are in character education, ability grouping and extrinsic and intrinsic motivation.

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Teaching Tuesday: Differentiation in the Classroom

No student should ever be in over their head or in a position where they cannot reach their full potential. With the removal of ability grouped classes in the 1990s, this became a bigger issue than...
Posted on April 02, 2024

Teaching Tuesday: Ability Grouping in the School System

By the end of the 1980s, ability grouping, which had been a common practice across the country for over 20 years, was abruptly abandoned in school districts across the country. The reasoning was that...
Posted on May 03, 2022

Teaching Tuesday: Positive Outcomes of Integrating Multiple Subjects into Single Lessons

As teachers, we can design multi-discipline lessons in an intentional way to have a great impact on student learning. Lessons that involve more than one subject area save time and can help students...
Posted on March 22, 2022

Teaching Tuesday: Encouraging Student Engagement With Anticipatory Sets

The value of a good anticipatory set cannot be overstated. As the beginning portion of a lesson that sets the stage for new material, it’s an important part of the student’s learning. In fact, the...
Posted on February 08, 2022