Section C
We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are (36)_________. We feel that there are many (37)________in streaming pupils. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not so bright child.
Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability. This is only one aspect of their total (38) _________. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their (39) _________ ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed ability teaching (40) _________ to all these aspects of learning.
In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn to (41) _________, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and (42) _________ , and to communicate (43) _________ . The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.
(44)_____________________________________. They also have some formal class teaching when this is appropriate.(45)____________________________________. An advanced pupil can do advanced work; it does not matter what age the child is. (46)___________________________.
We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are (36)_________. We feel that there are many (37)________in streaming pupils. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not so bright child.
Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability. This is only one aspect of their total (38) _________. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their (39) _________ ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed ability teaching (40) _________ to all these aspects of learning.
In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn to (41) _________, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and (42) _________ , and to communicate (43) _________ . The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.
(44)_____________________________________. They also have some formal class teaching when this is appropriate.(45)____________________________________. An advanced pupil can do advanced work; it does not matter what age the child is. (46)___________________________.