Pros+and+Cons+of+Homogeneous+Grouping

= = = What are some positives of heterogeneous grouping ? =


 * **Focuses on enrichment.**
 * **Promotes exercises that require critical thinking.**
 * **Poses "real-life" problems that can help make learning applicable.**
 * **Encourages self-directed learning, self-identity, and individual pacing.**
 * **Rewards risk taking.**
 * **Increases self-esteem of the gifted learner.**
 * **Allows for gifted learner to step into leadership roles.**
 * **Does not have an affect on achievement levels of other normal, or lower-performing students.**

[[image:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2676/3949526349_7ffd71854a.jpg align="left"]] What are some negatives of heterogeneous grouping ?

 * **Creates negative self-esteem for non-gifted students**.
 * **Does not allow for acceleration.**
 * **Gifted students do not learn any new information until January.**
 * **Other level students are not as active in learning because they rely on gifted learners.**
 * **Gifted learners develop a negative opinion on groupwork due to the tendancy of them becoming tutors.**
 * **Lack of classroom resources for gifted learners.**
 * **Heterogeneous classrooms may have less motivated/qualified teachers.**
 * **These classes do not provide the challenge gifted students need.**
 * **The self-esteem of non-gifted students is lower because they see the success of the gifted students.**

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