ability – UKEdChat

An Inconvenient Truth – Grouping Pupils by Ability is Iniquitous by @MaryMered

17th September 2019 @ICTmagic

Routine setting or streaming arrangements undermine low-attainers’ confidence and discourage the belief that attainment can be improved through effort. […]

Setting Vs Mixed Ability

22nd August 2019 @digicoled

#UKEdChat – Session 468. Thanks to considerable research and attention, the debate about whether to […]

Grouping students into ability-based sets holds back less able pupils

23rd March 2018 UKEdChat Editorial

Students classed as less able are being hindered by being grouped into ability-based sets, according […]

Positive Attitude Toward Maths Predicts Maths Achievement in Children

2nd February 2018 UKEdChat Editorial

For the first time, scientists have identified the brain pathway that links a positive attitude […]

Children praised for being smart are more likely to cheat, new studies find

13th September 2017 UKEdChat Editorial

Children who are praised for being smart, or who are told they have a reputation for […]

Schools are rejecting the chance to teach children in ‘mixed-ability’ classes

7th September 2017 UKEdChat Editorial

Schools are rejecting the chance to teach children in “mixed-ability” classes despite evidence that the […]

Teacher Expectation: Creating A Culture of High Expectation for all, by @Wyedean_CPD

29th April 2017 WyedeanCPD

Labelling and notions of fixed ability are prevalent in our education system. Students are divided […]

Girls’ confidence level, not maths ability hinders path to science degrees

6th April 2017 UKEdChat Editorial

When it comes to mathematics, girls rate their abilities markedly lower than boys, even when […]

Ability Setting: No Longer ‘Best Practice’ by @BloggingAP – UKEdMag

12th March 2017 UKEdChat Editorial

For a long time it was popular to put children into ability groups/sets in Primary […]

Why ‘mixed ability’ classrooms are the way forward by @BloggingAP

10th January 2017 UKEdChat Editorial

In the week where the government’s Social Mobility Commission published a report stating that putting […]

The Power of Mixing it Up! by @thunkingteacher

11th November 2015 UKEdChat Editorial

For years I have sat my children in ability groups during English and this is […]

Mixed Ability vs Ability Sets by @emma_rachels

29th July 2015 UKEdChat Editorial

– This debate has been ongoing since anyone can remember: how will children progress best […]

Session 141: Planning for the progression of all students in a mixed ability classroom

7th March 2013 @ICTmagic

– Session Title: Planning for the progression of all students in a mixed ability classroom […]