Re:Math education: It’s not about numbers, it’s about learni...
by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @11:49AM
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Sounds a bit circular: when we test kids taught in single age groupings they have "narrowly" grouped grades. Therefore we should teach then in single age groupings because they have narrowly grouped grades.
That doesn't really help us to know if the top achievers are being held back, for example. Perhaps we can speculate that lower achievers are being pulled up?
Outside school you're almost always going to be in age diverse groups; I think a larger element of that in public schools would be better. IMO it helps to emphasise that children are there to make their own education and not simply to be part of an age defined peer group where it appears you're doing something just because of your age, not because of the educational opportunity.
That doesn't really help us to know if the top achievers are being held back, for example. Perhaps we can speculate that lower achievers are being pulled up?
Outside school you're almost always going to be in age diverse groups; I think a larger element of that in public schools would be better. IMO it helps to emphasise that children are there to make their own education and not simply to be part of an age defined peer group where it appears you're doing something just because of your age, not because of the educational opportunity.