Sentences with phrase «consequence of ability grouping»

Another unintended consequence of ability grouping may be its potential to divide students by class and race.

Not exact matches

Li & Fung's ability to exert pressure on factories can have unfortunate consequences, said Guadalupe Palma, director of Warehouse Workers United, a labor advocacy group.

«The underrepresentation of ethnoculturally diverse individuals limits researchers» ability to understand the prevalence and consequences of neurological conditions and the treatment methods that would be most effective for these groups.

To give but one of several examples, the authors offer a nuanced discussion of ability grouping in schools that highlights the potential tensions between the value of improving the performance of the weakest students and the consequences of increasing the gap between them and the most gifted, since the latter are likely to reap the greater gains from ability grouping.

Gifted educators disagreed with proponents of cooperative learning concerning student needs and disagreed with middle - school educators on the value of ability grouping and the social consequences of being labeled gifted.

The group's broad investigative, trial and appellate experience provides early resolution of potential criminal problems; the ability to deal directly with regulatory and government agencies to avoid the harmful consequences of government action, where possible; and, if necessary, the ability to successfully defend companies or their management at trial.