PSYC 319 Lecture 24: Lecture 24 Schooling
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How do studies measure school motivational grade. In this school, teachers treat students with good grade differs than students with lower grade. Students separate into different classes based on ability level. Big fish in small pond vs. small fish in big pond. Harder to students with lower ability to compete. Knowing you are track into lower ability classroom is bad for self- esteem. Spend more time with lower ability peers thus impact their study ability. Minority student is less likely to improve and move up the tracks. Make the classroom work for different ability. But don"t want students to know who is good and who"s bad. K - gr 8: less than 400 students. Gr 9 - gr 12: between 600 and 900. Does it create a mismatch with elementary vs. secondary schools. High school students can work and help with the family. Start time to an hour later (from 8 to 9)
