Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Pacing Crazy The math pacing is seven units long. The last unit is called "show what you know" and does not require a pre or post assessment. The remaining 6 units do require the assessments. The present pacing of the math units and standards follow the rigorous trend but the standards clearly gives an end of the year expectation mastery deadline. Yet in the district teachers are forced to rush the students through multiple skills in six weeks then assess for mastery. The students are feeling the affects of the pacing as well. Performance in general is low. There is also very little time within the pacing to reteach and/ or recover other assessments. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) It seems that school's are constantly testing students. This inevitably has presented numerous debates and arguments. I think that it is sometimes crucial for teaches to test their students in order to identify their strengths and weaknesses. It is useful for a teacher to cover material that their class may already know. On the other hand, material that has been found difficult for a class is important for a teacher to know in order to spend a little more time on that material or use different teaching strategies in order to make sure students master those topics that are a little more difficult. I think ability grouping can be a positive strategy for students to learn from their peers. However, it is crucial for teachers to create ability groups that are according to academic level(homogenous) as well as mixed(heterogenous) so that struggling students can learn from group members that may have a better understanding of a topic. Research does conclude that students benefit and like to learn not only from their teacher but their classmates as well! This allows for a more interactive and cooperative classroom where learning and instruction is provided by the teacher and students.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: . Rated On: March 6, 2016 11:53 pm Rated By: yNeruj                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Awesome idea! Rated On: October 15, 2016 3:18 pm Rated By: aDaWaV