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Case: Higher Level Learners
Mrs. Smith has a class of gifted/advanced students as well as a class of advanced/regular ed students. Mrs. Smith has a hard time "challenging" the higher level learners in the advanced and gifted classes. She establishes high expectations and requires more effort from students in those classes, however the gifted students do not refer to her class as a challenging one. What are some suggestions for Mrs. Smith?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
One idea of how to challenge students in through differentiated in-class discussions. I was recently introduced to an activity called a "fishbowl". In this students are provided with a text to read and a series of questions, many opinion based or opened-ended, about the text to answer. In one of my classes that has some higher level learners mixed with some lower level learners, I create two fishbowls- providing one higher level text and series of questions for one group and a different text for my lower-level learners. The students pick one person to take notes in each group and discuss their different texts. I walk around the groups and monitor the discussion, providing prompts where necessary and helping foster the discussion. This allows each group to work on something more suited to their needs and abilities. Fishbowls can also be modified for different subjects. I know of a math teacher who used this activity with problems of different difficulty and had students explain how they got their answer. |
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| Comments: I really liked this solution. |
| Rated On: October 18, 2015 10:50 pm |
| Rated By: Jessica Sorensen |
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| Comments: I think this solution has many valuable suggestions and is reasonably easy for the teacher to implement. |
| Rated On: March 3, 2016 12:56 am |
| Rated By: usudaX |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| Comments: Good solution! |
| Rated On: March 4, 2016 2:03 am |
| Rated By: ymyQeg |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| Comments: Very detailed and respectful |
| Rated On: February 25, 2018 8:12 pm |
| Rated By: upusyb |
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