Comments on: Discovery Learning…Can We Do It?

By: BArbara Nantz

BArbara Nantz — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:53:24 +0000

I feel that in math has a natural way of separating the good students in the higher level classes and lower level classes. This is a problem that also groups the “behavior”problem students into the same classes with the lower level classes. What you get is low level students in the classes with behavior problem students that aren’t low level just low motivation that disrupt the lass for the lower level students. If you can’t follow me, what my point is, is that some times the students are segregated even though they don’t do it on purpose.

By: jsarnett

jsarnett — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:21:47 +0000

At a lot of high schools, you often have only one or two teachers that have the AP or advanced level certifications. I’ve never understood why teacher complain about getting the so called “bad classes”, yet are not willing to pursue more certification to be able to teach the more advanced groups.

By: Tippi Thompson

Tippi Thompson — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:39:24 +0000

One solution for grouping the kids by ability is to take turns getting the ‘bad’ class. One year they are yours and the next they are somebody elses, and so. This at least gives every teacher an opportunity to work with more gifted students. This is how it’s done in my daughter’s elementary school.