Adaptations:
Mixed-Ability Groups:
Grouping higher level students with their lower level peers can foster the guidance and support needed to complete this collaborative task. Encourage higher level students to take on the role of a mentor. Emphasize the importance of everyone working collaboratively to utilize each other’s strengths. While one student may like delegating tasks to the team, another may enjoy the physical construction of the model, and another may enjoy coming up with solutions for problems along the way.
Grouping higher level students with their lower level peers can foster the guidance and support needed to complete this collaborative task. Encourage higher level students to take on the role of a mentor. Emphasize the importance of everyone working collaboratively to utilize each other’s strengths. While one student may like delegating tasks to the team, another may enjoy the physical construction of the model, and another may enjoy coming up with solutions for problems along the way.