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equitably. The riskis our focus will shift to the standards and away from thechild.
A big risk! Typically, the students need much more than just help with academics.
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many fear teachers will stop there
We often do as there is just so much to manage and we are in charge of the ship! Bespoke lesson planning and execution for individual students is not a practical approach in most public school systems.
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With the stan-dard and curriculum in mind, Mrs. Johnson can tier forreadiness (above, at, and below grade level), interest,or learning style. She can tier her lesson for content,process, or product
This is a laborious process but one worth doing for everyone’s sake. Both student of all levels and for the teacher.
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This is where the smallerpaintbrush fills in the details.
This a lovely quote that is also very applicable.
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Studentsof all levels who have an interest in animals can worktogether
This is a very realistic way of grouping that does NOT lend itself to questions of class, intelligence, or ability.
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How wechoose our groups can be confusing
That’s an understantment!
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The teacher canpull these students together and take the lesson to thenext level through more challenging activities
In my experience, having done just this, the students who are giving more challenging activities are then bullied.
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asking, “Are there any questions?
It is inevitable that there will be many questions that most students will be too embarrassed to ask!
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To be effective teachers
How can we serve each individual student without exhausting ourselves with numerous different types of assessments?
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Why would we want tolimit them to the confines of the curriculum and stan-dards when they can go much further?
That certainly depends on the abilities of individual students. Not all of the class will be able to “go further,” nor do they need to…
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By grouping students who are kinesthetic, linguis-tic, and artistic into separate groups they can demon-strate three distinct ways to solve problems and showhow they came to a solution
Why put students who are alike together in groups? Why not use some variation?
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equivalent level ofeducation.
I believe that the more realistic choice of words is equivalent level of educational opportunity. With a classroom as varied as Mrs. Johnson’s, as are most classrooms, how can you really measure the level of education? You can measure what you have exposed to and what they have been successful at regurgitating.
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