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It will of course depend on the exact situation of a particular classroom, but FWIW, research is very mixed on tracking (separating students according to abilit
by stdbrouw 10y ago
It will of course depend on the exact situation of a particular classroom, but FWIW, research is very mixed on tracking (separating students according to ability) and gifted classes. See e.g. Jo Boaler's "When even the winners are losers" about how gifted students can come to hate mathematics because of all of the pressure that's being put on them in accelerated classes.
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- criddell 10y agoMy kids are in public school in Texas and overall I'm very happy with their mathematics classes. They do separate kids by ability and interest and some of the kids do feel a lot of pressure. But the pressure is mostly coming from parents, not the school. They also have reversed the classes and it works wonderfully for my kids. Every night, they are assigned a video to watch (something very similar in nature to Khan Academy videos) and the next day they work through problems in class. It works well for my kids because they learn by doing and so it seems that spending classroom time on that part makes sense.