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, 12 years agostill working on differentiation
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It need not be necessary to set entirely different tasks for different groups. | It need not be necessary to set entirely different tasks for different groups. For example, in a maths lesson, all groups could be set questions on multiplication with the lower achieving students being given fewer questions which are of lower demand than those given to the higher achieving students. The same lower demand questions could also have been given to the higher achieving students earlier on in the topic so there need not be much extra work in drawing them up. | ||
A very important point to consider in all of this is that “ability” and “pace” are variable and they can grow; pupils underachieve for lots of reasons, including absenteeism as in Judith’s group, and lack of home support. But their achievement levels may rise if expectations are high and support is given. As a consequence, '''a teacher needs to provide for all students to develop their ability to the next level and beyond. '''Pupils should always have a next step and a new ''challenge'' to move on to. Whatever level a learner is at, they can ''stretch'' themselves and you can ''support'' them to improve it. | |||
'''Differentiation by support''' is a refinement of differentiation by task... | |||
'''{{activitytag|Differentiation by outcome}}''' occurs when students do the same task but they respond differently, reach different levels and produce a variety of results. The task needs to be open-ended for this to work; it should allow learners to explore and be original. It can be done with ICT or without but it needs a clear time frame. For example: | '''{{activitytag|Differentiation by outcome}}''' occurs when students do the same task but they respond differently, reach different levels and produce a variety of results. The task needs to be open-ended for this to work; it should allow learners to explore and be original. It can be done with ICT or without but it needs a clear time frame. For example: | ||
