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- From: broy@TrentU.CA (BROY)
- Subject: MULTIPLE GRADES
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.151524.24901@trentu.ca>
- Sender: news@trentu.ca (USENET News System)
- Reply-To: broy@TrentU.CA
- Organization: Trent University, Peterborough
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:15:24 GMT
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- Regarding your question on multiple grades: One reason why an
- attempt is being made to group students together of more than one "grade"
- is to allow for different rates of growth in various realms of life such as
- social, physical, psychological, emotional and intellectual. As we know,
- children mature in these areas at different rates and therefore, in our
- present educational systmem (where students are grouped almost solely on
- the basis on their chronological age) we do not allow for more than a
- year's difference in the various domains previously mentionned. So rather
- than grouping entirely according to age, there is more of a chance to group
- students according to various abilities together. (since there would likely
- be up to a three year spread between those in the same grade) This would
- therefore allow for students to progress at different levels. One scenario
- might be as follows:
-
- Student A is gifted at Math, somewhat at Art, but not at Physical sports.
- Therefore, he might be with those students who are more ahead at Math;
- switching to a group less adept at Art time; and then going with a
- different group who find Physical sports more difficult and demanding.
- This type of system can be more easily accomplished if a class encompasses
- students across two or three grade levels because various in learing rates
- for different individuals and different subject areas.
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-