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How should I decide which students should pair up and do group work together? One student that is high and one that is low? Etc.?
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I have asked teachers in the past what they have done and I have always gotten mixed answers. I have some teachers that say they often group together low performing students together so that they will be on the same pace and I have heard of mixing high/low performing students together. I think that a key part of group work is to have an even distribution of work. This will ensure that if you have mixed groups, no one student is doing all the work. Personally, I think that creating groups is trial and error since there are many factors to consider like performance but also personalities.