Hello everyone,
I was wondering about everyone’s opinion on class streaming. It is always easy to stream a grade level up and make an advanced class but what about the lower end? In the past when I have streamed a class down it basically makes 4 amazing classes and one nightmare class for someone. I have taught that class before myself and it is normally a real hell. But, I can’t deny the benefits to everyone else.
Is it worth it to basically write off a 1/5 of the students and one teacher per grade level?
At the moment I try to balance the non-advanced classes as much as possible as so many teachers complained about the bottom class.
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This is a required course in JHS. Most students are either extremely low level or have no motivation to learn English.
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Really depends on why the bottom students are getting shafted. Are they just unmotivated? Skill level too low? Special needs? Too many? Curriculum too difficult?
Presumably, this is an English course that is just required, and the students entering it Are just streamlined but in different areas of study.
I’ve seen good outcomes in senior high classes when streamed. Each term, the students’ scores determined which of three leveled classrooms they’d be put in. Most of the students moved up and very few slid down. We found that the bottom students were less stressed out and top students could charge ahead. Eventually, bottom class averages started to rise. All teachers shared the same syllabus.
At a junior high school I taught in, we pulled out top students for a tutorial once a week in some classes. I did an extra tutorial for the bottom kids. This wasn’t streaming the way you propose – it was an afterschool extra hour. The bottom kids were surly at first, but when they grasped that I was there to help them get through and score, they started to put in the effort. Some of them pulled up 10 percentage points over a school year. A gain is a gain, right?
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Hey, guys! I have already tried to understand by reading the original post, but I am still a little confused. What is class streaming?