https://padlet.com/tgonzalez8565/xxbrg4vylqgu Made with a dash of wit en-us 2017-03-02 17:02:05 UTC 2017-03-03 01:00:30 UTC hello@padlet.com tgonzalez8565 https://padlet.com/tgonzalez8565/xxbrg4vylqgu/wish/157401433 2017-03-02 17:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tgonzalez8565/xxbrg4vylqgu/wish/157401433 tgonzalez8565 https://padlet.com/tgonzalez8565/xxbrg4vylqgu/wish/157401717 In this news article, it states that they believe for years ability grouping had been criticized and misconstrued. It talks about how flexible ability grouping is not tracking. Flexible ability grouping could not be more different. It states, when used properly, ability grouping does not affix permanent labels to students and does not prevent students from moving either up or down, during their educational careers. ]]> 2017-03-02 17:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tgonzalez8565/xxbrg4vylqgu/wish/157401717 tgonzalez8565 https://padlet.com/tgonzalez8565/xxbrg4vylqgu/wish/157404646 2017-03-02 17:13:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tgonzalez8565/xxbrg4vylqgu/wish/157404646 tgonzalez8565 https://padlet.com/tgonzalez8565/xxbrg4vylqgu/wish/157404828 In this article, it talks about the advantages and disadvantages of tracking. Some of the advantages listed, explain how students feel that if they work with their peers it is more beneficial. It allows for increased challenges for gifted students and an increase in self-esteem by all students by not competing with each other. One of the disadvantages, or downfalls of tracking is that high ability grouped classrooms receive a large amount of money and resources as well as the best teachers. Low ability group classes many times taught by the least-experienced or sometimes even the "bad" teachers.]]> 2017-03-02 17:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tgonzalez8565/xxbrg4vylqgu/wish/157404828 tgonzalez8565 https://padlet.com/tgonzalez8565/xxbrg4vylqgu/wish/157407162 2017-03-02 17:19:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tgonzalez8565/xxbrg4vylqgu/wish/157407162 tgonzalez8565 https://padlet.com/tgonzalez8565/xxbrg4vylqgu/wish/157460736 In this article, it talks about how teachers and principals who us grouping say that the practice has become indispensable, helping them cope with widely varying levels of ability and achievement. Also, it talks about how some studies indicate that grouping can damage students' self-esteem by consigning them to lower-tier groups. While others suggest that it produces the opposite effect by ensuring that more advanced students do not make their less advanced peers feel inadequate. ]]> 2017-03-02 19:40:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tgonzalez8565/xxbrg4vylqgu/wish/157460736 tgonzalez8565 https://padlet.com/tgonzalez8565/xxbrg4vylqgu/wish/157465397 2017-03-02 19:53:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tgonzalez8565/xxbrg4vylqgu/wish/157465397 tgonzalez8565 https://padlet.com/tgonzalez8565/xxbrg4vylqgu/wish/157465500 In this article, it talks about a first hand experience of ability tracking and grouping. It examined the peer effects among the students at the Force Academy. They found out that students benefit from their peers, but that these peer effects disappear if the group is the group comprises the highest ability-cadets. Lastly, they discovered that high ability students benefit the most from high ability ability peers.]]> 2017-03-02 19:53:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tgonzalez8565/xxbrg4vylqgu/wish/157465500 tgonzalez8565 https://padlet.com/tgonzalez8565/xxbrg4vylqgu/wish/157468507 2017-03-02 20:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tgonzalez8565/xxbrg4vylqgu/wish/157468507 tgonzalez8565 https://padlet.com/tgonzalez8565/xxbrg4vylqgu/wish/157468603 In this article, it explains the ultimate difference between tracking and grouping. Ability grouping is to refer to divisions among students for particular subjects, such as special class assignments. Tracking is used for programmatic divisions that separate students for all academic subjects. ]]> 2017-03-02 20:03:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tgonzalez8565/xxbrg4vylqgu/wish/157468603