OER4Schools/Mixed pace groupwork with and without ICT: Difference between revisions

Scenarios where students within one class are grouped according to their ability (pace-grouping) and set non-differentiated tasks i.e. the same task regardless of their ability, can have unfortunate consequences such as those illustrated in the video clip of Judith's lesson on division.  Students in the low achieving group failed to get any useful results and for this they were laughed at.  One way of ensuring that students in all groups have the opportunity of succeeding at a task is to offer different groups different tasks based on their ability.  This is called ''differentiation by task''.

There are a number of''' issues raised about pace groups and differentiation by task:'''