LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

heterogeneous grouping

Learn more about heterogeneous grouping

Gifted?
It is important for gifted children to be with other gifted children, the more often the better.
Format: article
By Cathy Kroninger.
Tiering to avoid tears: Developing assignments that address all learners' needs
In Reaching every learner: Differentiating instruction in theory and practice, page 2
This article presents an approach to differentiated instruction in which teachers create tiered assignments for three groups of students: 1) Students who are not yet ready for that grade level's instruction, 2) Students who are just ready, and 3) Students who are ready to go beyond. Includes step-by-step instructions and a list of ten criteria by which to modify assignments.
Format: article/best practice
By Linda Pigott Robinson.

The practice of mixing students of varying abilities, interests, or ages in academic classes. Heterogeneous classes may be formed school-wide or within classrooms where two to five students learn together.

See also homogeneous grouping, ability grouping.