ERIC Number: EJ984370
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 10
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Differentiation: Transparent or Opaque?
Schroeder-Davis, Stephen
Understanding Our Gifted, v24 n2 p15-24 Win 2012
In the author's experience, when concerns about camouflaging differentiation occur, they tend to center around issues related to fear of stigmatizing students who are working ahead of (or behind) their age-peers. These fears often manifest in specific concerns about grouping arrangements, as well as the issues of fairness, grading, and confusion regarding the difference between making student work more difficult rather than more complex. In this article, the author focuses on the camouflage issue primarily as it pertains to gifted students and his belief that a classroom environment that fosters a growth mindset is key to resolving, or more accurately, dissolving many of the concerns teachers, students, and parents have presented to him.
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Classroom Environment, Learning, Students, Readiness, Academic Achievement, Response to Intervention
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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