Karlie Deming

Mrs. Cramer
Comp Pd: 2
7 December 2018
Comprehension of Education

Imagine attending classes daily that can't be understood or comprehend 1. Teaching by

educational grouping eliminates this scenario, because classes are taught at the comprehensive

level of the students. Educational grouping builds classes based of the needs of the students such

as their skill set and pace, so that their peers are learning at the same pace as they are. In addition

to that it keeps the students from falling behind and giving up on their classes because their peers

and teachers can help them one on one so that they can stay on task. Grouping in schools is thee

most effective way to portray education because the curriculum students receive affects their

self-confidence and the curriculum is paced to the abilities of the students.

To start off, curriculum affects student's self-confidence. If the learning atmosphere of

students is positive the attitudes of the children will change positively (Connolly ethal 1). The

creation of a positive learning environment will lift the attitudes of the students and it will make

the class more efficient. The students will enjoy the class causing them to apply greater effort

making the class achievement rate higher. Also, when students are grouped with peers who learn

at their curriculum level it boosts their confidence because none of the students around them feel

superior to one another. The students also are there to help one another making students feel

more comfortable with their peers because there are positive bonds between them. This also

affects the teaching staff and administration because they feel they are not doing their job to the

full potential because they cannot help their students to succeed or even convince them to put in

1Pathos- The appeal to the emotion in a form of persuasion. This appeals to the emotion fright because most
people are scared of failure and this sentence references failure in your education which can hinder events
throughout your life.
effort in their courses (Anderson 288) 2. The teachers are more comfortable teaching students of

the same skill set because that is the way they are trained so when put in the situation of all

mindsets they feel as if they have failed because they can't meet all needs of the students and it

causes them to lose confidence in their teaching styles.

On the other hand, some would argue that teaching like-minded students is a more

difficult style of teaching, but students need to be surrounded by those who learn like

themselves. Robert H. Anderson states that students need taught like they think (288). Broad

spectrum classes must cover a wider variety of curriculum making teaching extremely difficult

because they are required to create lessons and work that fits the needs of all skill levels present

in the classroom. Whereas if all students present in a room learn at the same pace and

comprehension level the teacher can provide all students with the same units and or lessons. This

is also difficult because teaching staff have little to no training on mixed education teaching

(Anderson, 288). This helps to show that once the students have fallen off track and start to pile

up on lessons the teachers don’t know how to redirect them and get them caught up to where

they need to be.

Just as they say students in lower leveled curriculum classes receive fewer resources.

Many gifted programs offered to students of the required skill set cost money but not all children

can afford the cost. Therefore, the schools help with financial aid allowing all students to receive

equal opportunities in succeeding within their requirements. Often there are students who are

refused the approval of these classes, the refusal is done within the interest of the students. This

is done for the safety of the student so that they do not fall behind in their classes and give up on

2Ethos- The use of credibility to advance your side of an argument. Anderson is a credible source which shows
there is proof behind the ideas presented.
their education. In addition to that all classrooms are equipped with the same necessities and

what's not located in each room is available to the students elsewhere in the building. All

students have assigned teaching staff to help them, when they feel they cannot find the resources

they are looking for they.

Lastly the pace at which students learn is the pace in which the class is taught. The work

that is received by the students is fit to their educational needs so that they can excel in subjects

and skill levels based of what is achievable to them (“To Separate"). Students who think alike

need placed together so they can push on another to do better and, also assist one another on the

development of new skills and the bettering of previous skills. Also, students who learn at a

higher curricular level are held back in slower placed classrooms because their needs are not

being met by the lessons provided to them. Higher education students fly through the assigned

work and end up wasting class time doing busy work to allow other students to catch up. Which

affects the higher education students' rate of succession. Students of lower skill levels are also

held back in high level classes because they cannot learn the provided material because its way

above their level of comprehension and many of them fall behind and end up having to take

remedial courses to get back on track slowing their success rate down. Higher level classrooms

go above needed curriculum which means the students placed in this environment need to be

able to with stand the movement of the work on an educational view. Therefore, when students

are placed by their pace of learning it eliminates a factor that could have hindered thier success.

Grouping in the Educational environment is the most effective method of teaching

because the classes are paced off the needs of the students, and it helps to maintain a healthy self

confidence level within the students, but some still argue that the students in lower educational

settings don’t receive the correct resources and that teaching students who are grouped is a much
more difficult task. Grouping benefits students in more ways than one. Students have a more

positive attitude because the students around them think and learn the way they do providing

them with more friendly environment. The staff present in each environment are also trained

within thier level of education. Staff are less stressed because they are only providing one lesson

for each class compared to mixed teaching where multiple assignments are needed, and teachers

are trying to present information to thier students in multiple ways so they can cover all learning

styles. Students also receive the proper resources needed for the purpose of their education.

Many students also feel more confident because they are excelling alongside the other students in

their classroom. This is also an affect felt by the students because the environment is less tense,

and the student interact with one another in a more positive way because there is no one who is

above one another within the classroom so the students build positive relationship's and strong

bonds between one another. The students shape the environment by an environment, and then the

environment shapes the students. 3

3 chiasmus- Grammatically reversed statement. The statement changes between what's shaped and by who.
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