08:20 May 29, 2019 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Education / Pedagogy | ||||
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| Selected response from: Jennifer Caisley United Kingdom Local time: 15:33 | |||
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4 +3 | ability group |
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ability group Explanation: "Setting" is a common process in schools whereby children are grouped by ability - for example, a school might have "set A" and "set B" for maths, with higher-ability children in "set A" e.g. https://www.theschoolrun.com/secondary-school-sets-and-strea... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 21 hrs (2019-05-30 05:21:34 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- More refs (to preclude any more discussion of setting vs streaming): Sets are (or should be!) subject-based - as these links confirm: "he is being moved from set 2 to set 3 in science" https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/secondary/1207003-Is-it-normal-... "Almost a third of pupils are misallocated to higher or lower maths sets, according to the latest findings of landmark research into grouping by attainment." https://www.tes.com/news/exclusive-third-pupils-wrong-maths-... "‘Setting’ usually involves grouping pupils in a given year group into classes for specific subjects, such as mathematics and English, but not across the whole curriculum." https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/evidence-summari... "Our setting in Year 7 is very important (it takes place in English, Maths and Science)." http://www.rossettschool.co.uk/our-school/our-policies/setti... And a very clear definition of the difference between "streaming" and "setting" (also see my initial reference), taken from an academic paper on educational theory: "In the primary school, grouping can take several forms: streaming (children are placed in classes on the basis of their perceived general ability); setting (children are grouped across classes for particular subjects based on their perceived ability in that subject)" https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02671522.2012.7... |
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