Findings about my Student Challenge
At a recent inquiry meeting, Clarelle mentioned that her testing revealed that her students gaps were like a sieve; each child had different gaps in different areas with little overlap. I can definitely say the same about my class; the gaps have common themes but differ with each child. A common theme I have found; the difference between my year sevens and eights is huge. My year eights consistently outperform my year sevens and have fewer gaps, except for in extenuating circumstances (e.g. two girls whose attendance was below 50 percent for years of their schooling).As such, I am going to do almost a year level split in my class in terms of my grouping. Another common theme is that my year sevens tend to have strengths in number, but their strand and ratio knowledge is massively lacking. After dedicating almost ten weeks to filling in all number and ratio gaps, I now have to attend to the gaps that the children have in strand. Like I mentioned before, while I can generally say the