Essays about: "mixed-ability classes"

Found 4 essays containing the words mixed-ability classes.

  1. 1. Teachers’ Perceptions of Early Tracking : A Comparative Study between Teachers from the Netherlands and Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Robin Hölscher; [2018]
    Keywords : Early tracking; Equality of education; Perceptions of teachers;

    Abstract : Early tracking is an educational practice where students are divided into separate groups of ability. Despite many studies linking early tracking with increased inequality in education, it is a prevalent feature of education systems. READ MORE

  3. 2. Keeping up with the High-Ability Students : Teachers’ Perspectives on Helping High-Ability Students in Mixed-Ability English Classes

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för utbildningsvetenskap (UV)

    Author : Londres Analyn; [2017]
    Keywords : English language teaching; mixed-ability; high-ability; differentiated instruction;

    Abstract : This paper aimed to investigate how English teachers in junior high school help and motivate high-ability students to develop their potentials in mixed-ability English classrooms. Five junior high school English teachers from two different schools in Southern Sweden participated in this study. READ MORE

  4. 3. Accommodating for different levels of proficiency in the English classroom : With focus on ability grouping

    University essay from Institutionen för språkdidaktik

    Author : Keren Bruce Westerlund; [2013]
    Keywords : Mixed -ability classrooms; ability grouping; heterogeneous and homogeneous classes; democratic ideals;

    Abstract : This study investigated the perceived strategies used to deal with mixed ability classes of four English teachers, two working at a year 4-9 compulsory school, and two at an upper secondary school in Sweden. The same teachers were asked about their attitudes towards and experience of ability grouping. READ MORE

  5. 4. The challenge of mixed-ability classes : How should upper secondary English teachers work in order to help the weaker students?

    University essay from HLK, Ämnesforskning

    Author : Ann-Christin Svärd; [2007]
    Keywords : Mixed-Ability; multilevel ESL classes; L2 learners; differentiated classroom; teaching strategies.;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to find out how upper secondary English teachers should work in order to reach the weaker students. I am interested in what has been written about mixed-ability classes, the challenges they present and most of all how teachers of English need to work in such classes to reach all students, especially the weaker ones. READ MORE