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Reply to "New Math Program - NO Differentiation until Grades 11-12?!?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] “Many/most Singaporean schools shifted to in class differentiation at least in primary and we should be so lucky as to have their math outcomes “ [/quote] Most Singaporean schools teach everyone advanced math, and it's the responsibility of the kids who are struggling to attend tutoring so they can keep up. This isn't at all remotely analogous to US schools, which instead would slow the class down to help the struggling kids at the expense of the kids who are ready to move on. The idea of heterogeneous classes and in-class differentiation sounds great in theory, but the problem is that it doesn't work. Teachers promise that they will challenge top kids and even provide extra enrichment materials or higher in-class groupings to meet the need of those kids. Then, they get overburdened with the kids who need more help, and the challenge never materializes for the top kids. This even happens in AAP. [/quote]
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