How we should group students in primary maths lessons? Ipu Kereru

How we should group students in primary maths lessons? Ipu Kereru
What now?
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How could mixed ability groups work best in my classroom?

• Make class warm-ups more collaborative through the use of choral counts, quick images, and strings see  https://tedd.org/mathematics/ as well as solving word problems . This will strengthen risk-taking, creativity and collaborative word problem solving. Arguing, modelling and generalising are key socially mediated strategies.
• Provide equity for all students (although, personally,  I feel that more able students would tire of mixed ability groupings, therefore equity appears to be more for the lower ability students)
• Better to use mixed ability groups for extra strands as these are more suitable for socially mediated learning.
• Lower achievers benefit from the mentoring of more able students
• GATE students learn faster so their needs are better served within an ability group, in my opinion, this also is research informed.