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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]13:32
I am none of these posters and I mainly read this blog to get a good laugh when I have had a rough day.  I am commenting because this statement is completely untrue.  I am a teacher in FCPS and one of the "newest" theories coming down from the big wigs is to split your classroom up into 3 groups.  Those students who have mastered material, those who have some knowledge, and those who truly do not get it.  WE, teachers that is, are supposed to give a pre-test on new units and separate the students up using scores, yes scores once again.  All the A's together, B's and C's together, and the D's and F's together.  Then we are supposed to allow the students with A's to tutor and teach the other groups the material or lesson because research shows that students learn better from their peers than from a teacher standing up trying to teach 30 kids.  We are also supposed to allow them to offer help when students have questions because kids have a way of explaining things differently than a teacher so more can understand.  So in fact 13:12 has a point about her daughter bringing enthusiasm to the kids.  This is called differentiating a classroom to meet all needs.  The A students can "show off" as you put it and be leaders, and the rest of the class will learn more according to research.   Entire lesson plans put forth by the county are being written to support this fact.  So yes a 2nd grader, who is above in some areas, could in fact teach other 2nd graders. [/quote]

This is what's going on in my dd's class.   At first dd enjoyed helping her classmates, but now tells me it's starting to get annoying, as the ones who need a lot of help go to her instead of the teacher for every. little. thing.   [/quote]

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