There are a number of teaching strategies a teacher can employ when teaching year 6 fractions including whole class discussion, lectures, brainstorming and questioning. Coupled with tailored instruction to suit differing abilities, it is possible for the teacher to cater for students with low, average and high ability. This essay will explore these strategies and approaches to demonstrate how a class of 24 year 6 students with ranging abilities can learn fractions in same ability groups. The essay will highlight evidence to demonstrate the effectiveness of same ability groupings and the importance of group size and identify and explain different teaching strategies that will facilitate student learning and encourage students from all ability groups. The essay will end with a detailed timeline where activities and lessons related to teaching fractions are explored demonstrating how each group is catered for.
The class will be divided into 6 groups of 4 according to ability. Based on the pre-test data, the groups will be identified as high ability, average and low ability. High achieving students will be those who have demonstrated ability in 8 or more of the 11 fraction topics in the pre-test. The low achievers will be those students who showed they were competent in 4 or less topics, while the average students will be those who achieved 5 to 7 of the topics covered in the pre-test. The 6 groups will be comprised of 2 groups with students identified as having low ability, 2
I first create a grade category and an overall GPA category to divide all students into five different groups based on their final grades
This case study involves a male student with juvenile arthritis who has two younger brothers who also have this condition. This individual wants to be a pilot. The parents are supportive of this student's plans for his future. This study will answer: (1) what is the impact of having a disability and what might be the different perspectives of stakeholders involved in the inclusion of students with special needs? and (2) What can be learned from listening to the voices of those with disabilities? This study will develop a 'mind map' to synthesize and critique some of the issues learned through listening to the voices of those with disabilities. Finally, this study will answer as what resources are available to inform teachers?
Students had previously covered the topic of developing fluency in multiplication by 2-digit numbers. After that topic students moved on to cover number sense, dividing by 1-digit divisors using mental math to prepare them for the following topic of my learning segment. The topic of my learning segment consists of developing fluency, dividing by 1-digit divisors. I designed my lesson as a three-day unit focusing on long division by modeling division with place-value blocks, dividing 2-digit by 1-digit numbers, and dividing 3-digit by 1-digit numbers. Students were introduced to division prior to my learning segment but the struggled to understand and comprehend division because students were only introduced to the division algorithm and were not provided with a mnemonic to help them recall the steps. Students also weren’t introduced to division with manipulatives or drawings. Therefore, I
Average size of a class is 22 students. They have 44 clubs and sports, they have produced 60
Class data will be collected and averaged. Make a graph of your data on the graph paper provided below. (4
Answer- To demonstrate ability to solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole and having like denominators, students will complete 5 addition problems with like denominators and 3 word problems, when asked to do so with the rest of the class, on a paper-pencil teacher-made fractions quiz, with 80% accuracy, at the end of the unit.
Many students get confused when learning about fractions. At our grade level we teach about parts of a whole, equal shares, and partitioning.
The placed students scored higher on course grade, final exam, and cloze test. Placed students have a course grade mean of 2.99. Meanwhile, the continuing students have a course grade mean of 2.04. Placed students mean score of 67.83. In addition, continuing students mean score of 55.31. Places students had a smaller standard deviation for the course grade with .62 (Brown, 1998).
their educational level where f =19.5, p= 0.001&f= 7.30;P=0.00 respectively. As the participants who carrying
Three students were chosen out of a group of nineteen students with a wide range of ability. Twenty-six percent of the class receives special education services, while sixteen percent of the class is gifted. This leaves fifty-eight percent of the students in the government class on an average level of academic
We can note if a group of students’ performances have changed, regressed or advanced and then determine a course of action as needed. This analysis is completed within each department. The English department looks at scores in ELA, while math and science department members look at students’ scores on the End of Course exams in their subject area.
Multiplicative thinking, fractions and decimals are important aspects of mathematics required for a deep conceptual understanding. The following portfolio will discuss the key ideas of each and the strategies to enable positive teaching. It will highlight certain difficulties and misconceptions that children face and discuss resources and activities to help alleviate these. It will also acknowledge the connections between the areas of mathematics and discuss the need for succinct teaching instead of an isolated approach.
In order to promote the utmost success of students, numerous studies have been conducted to determine the ideal organization strategies for grouping within classrooms. There are two major types of grouping, heterogeneous and homogeneous. Heterogeneous grouping can be described as randomly grouping students together. The teacher does not group based on any specific criteria and attempts to involve all types of students within each group. In further detail, there may be one student who overachieves at mathematics and a student that performs below average in mathematics within the same group. Homogeneous grouping is arranging students together based on their academic achievement in particular subjects. For instance, a homogeneous group will contain students who are all around the same reading level. There are two divisions within homogeneous grouping. One is within-class grouping. This means that the students
It is evident from table no. 1, that majority of the sample among OC category students i.e. 48% are average and in the remaining more than half of the sample 39% are high and a
Using fractions or decimals instead of integers is a simple way to differentiate in the classroom. Students who find the current topic dull and