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Identifying and educating advanced students with Jonathan Plucker (Ep 32)

Chalk & Talk

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**Ability grouping favors the top and bottom quartile but is natural to the middle 50% **

Flexible ability grouping significantly benefits the top and bottom quartiles of students, offering challenges to advanced learners and support to struggling students. However, for the middle 50%, the impact is negligible, as their learning experience mirrors traditional methods due to a lack of differentiation in teaching. This approach inadvertently acts as an equity intervention, addressing the needs of those who require additional challenge or reinforcement, even if this perspective is not widely recognized.

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