How does grouping affect students in mathematics? Which is more beneficial for students, ability based grouping or mixed ability grouping?
Kiersti Grey
Seminar Title
How does grouping affect students in mathematics? Which is more beneficial for students, ability based grouping or mixed ability grouping?
Concept/Strategy
Focus of the Research
Grouping in Mathematics
Grade Level
Research Was Applied
3rd Grade
Relevant Grade Level
Connections
4th Grade
Discipline
Where Research Was Applied
Mathematics
Additional Discipline Areas
I see Application to
All Disciplines
Invitation/Commercial
Have you ever stepped into a classroom doing guided math and wondered how the teacher decided to create their guided math groups? Is it more beneficial to create groups that are ability based, or is it more beneficial to create groups that are mixed ability based? I took the plunge and dug deeper into the research behind each method of guided math grouping. I dug into this topic because as a new teacher I did what all the other math teachers were doing and used ability based grouping, but I was curious as to if that was the most beneficial way to create groupings for my own classroom. In this session I will be discussing what I found to be most beneficial in my classroom after switching up my grouping after a few weeks.