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There are way more kids from disadvantaged backgrounds than we usually find
http://www.vox.com/2015/11/23/9784250/card-giuliano-gifted-talented
Meeting the Needs of High Ability and Hi Potential Learners in Middle Grades
http://saveourchallenge.blogspot.com/p/national-association-for-gifted.html
Differentiation: A Primer http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/01/28/differentiated-instruction-a-primer.html?qs=differentiation+doesn%27t+work *
There are way more kids from disadvantaged backgrounds than we usually find
http://www.vox.com/2015/11/23/9784250/card-giuliano-gifted-talented
Meeting the Needs of High Ability and Hi Potential Learners in Middle Grades
http://saveourchallenge.blogspot.com/p/national-association-for-gifted.html
Differentiation: A Primer http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/01/28/differentiated-instruction-a-primer.html?qs=differentiation+doesn%27t+work *
Differentiation
Doesn’t Work: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/01/07/differentiation-doesnt-work.html?qs=differentiation+doesn%27t+work *
Differentiation Does
In Fact Work: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/01/28/differentiation-does-in-fact-work.html?qs=differentiation+doesn%27t+work
It talks about struggling learners benefiting from
ability grouping. http://www.ydr.com/ci_22987098/grouping-smartest-students-struggling-ones-helps-neither-should
Here’s an article laying out the pros and cons of
ability grouping. It basically concludes that there is no right way… http://www.usca.edu/essays/vol142005/aydin.pdf
http://www.usma.edu/cfe/Ability%20Grouping%20%20Sectioning/Alternative%20Uses%20of%20Ability%20Grouping%20in%20Secondary%20Schools%20(2).pdf This one basically says that he found
evidence that says ability grouping is good for hi cap, and bad for hi cap,
good for low achieving, bad for low achieving, so you can spin it however you
want. Also the Tomlinson quote says
that even where differentiation is decided it was rarely implemented or used
even when Tomlinson herself was in charge of helping out.
What Educators Need
to Know About Ability Grouping:
http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt/reports/Trifolds/A9201P.pdf
http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt/reports/Trifolds/A9201P.pdf
http://www3.rps205.com/District/Documents/Gifted/Myths%20about%20Gifted%20Students.pdf, http://teachingisagift.blogspot.ca/2012/08/top-10-myths-about-gifted-learners.html
http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/siegle/TAG/Digests/e607.html
All Together Now? http://educationnext.org/all-together-now/
Alternative Uses of
Ability Grouping in Secondary Schools:
Can We Bring High-Quality Instruction to Low-Ability Classes: Journal of Education Vol 102 No1 (Nov. 1993)
pp 1-22. Stable URL: http://jstor.org/stable/1085693
Faculty Conversation:
Carol Tomlinson on Differentiation: http://curry.virginia.edu/articles/carole-tomlinson-on-differentiation
The elephant in the
classroom: http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10236.aspx The
says ability grouping good for bright kids, especially minority kids, no harm
to low achieving kids *
Let’s Go Back to
Grouping Students by Ability: http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/03/lets-go-back-to-grouping-students-by-ability/2743
Middle School
Friendships and Academic Achievement in Early Adolescence: A Longitudinal Analysis http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3086383/ High-achieving
girls seemed to benefit from having high-achieving friends. Implications for theory and prevention
efforts targeting young adolescents are discussed.
Highly Gifted
Children in Full Inclusion Classrooms by Kathi Kearney: http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/full_inclusion.htm
http://www.nber.org/papers/w18848
A rigorous primary study that concluded that ability tracking was good for both high and low ability students in the Dallas schools.
http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2013/03/18-eighth-grade-math-loveless
Very very very relevant to math discussion - basically says that putting lots more kids in algebra in 8th grade is not correlated with long term student success, and there is some correlation that it creates watered down courses.
A rigorous primary study that concluded that ability tracking was good for both high and low ability students in the Dallas schools.
http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2013/03/18-eighth-grade-math-loveless
Very very very relevant to math discussion - basically says that putting lots more kids in algebra in 8th grade is not correlated with long term student success, and there is some correlation that it creates watered down courses.
McEwin, C. Kenneth and Greene, Melanie W. The Status of Programs and Practices in America’s Middle Schools: Results from Two National Studies, Association for Middle Level Education (2011) http://www.amle.org/portals/0/pdf/articles/Status_Programs_Practices_AMLE.pdf, Also available from: http://wwwnew.nsd.org/Page/6900
Why Are We Supporting Everyone Except Our Most Talented Students
https://medium.com/bright/why-are-we-supporting-everyone-except-our-most-talented-students-d122ab08bad4#.di17e6tst
What Do We Risk Losing By Not Challenging Gifted Kids
http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/04/25/what-do-we-risk-losing-by-not-challenging-gifted-kids/
"Meeting the Needs of High Ability and High Potential Learners in the Middle Grades”, A Joint Position Statement of The National Middle School Association and The National Association for Gifted Children
Susan Winebrenner: Teaching Strategies for Open Enrollment Classes and Compacting and Differentiation are Easy! http://www.susanwinebrenner.com/handouts.html
NY Times, Grouping Students by Ability Gains Favor in Classroom http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/education/grouping-students-by-ability-regains-favor-with-educators.html?referer=&_r=1
Education Week, Setting the Record Straight on Ability Grouping By Paula Olszewski-Kubilius
http://mobile.edweek.org/c.jsp?rssid=25919691&item=http%3a%2f%2fapi.edweek.org%2fv1%2ftm%2f%3fuuid%3d1A7DF4D0-C175-11E2-8893-03A9B3743667&cid=25919701
OSPI Report Card
Delisle, James R, Differentiation is a Joke
For more information on the dumbing down of girls that often happens in middle school, please see this link: http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10852.aspx
The above link shows a ranking of 445 Washington middle schools.
For more information on the dumbing down of girls that often happens in middle school, please see this link: http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10852.aspx
The above link shows a ranking of 445 Washington middle schools.
Carol Dweck, Mind sets and Equitable Education: http://www.principals.org/Content.aspx?topic=Mind_Sets_and_Equitable_Education_sample
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