[Catalist] Split classes Year 9/10

[Michael McGarry]

Greetings again Edward,

I have reread my e-post to you and CATALIST on suggestions how to successfully teach the Australian Science Curriculum (Year 9 and Year 10) simultaneously to Year 9 students and Year 10 students in the same science classroom with the same contact time. 

You will now realise from your first Year of teaching in 2015 that trying to simultaneously teach a completely differentiated Year 9 and Year 10 Australian Science curriculum in the same science classroom at the same time is absolutely impossible/unachievable.

I will now elaborate my suggestions for trying to ‘successfully' teach Australian Science to a combined class of Year 9 and Year 10 students in the same classroom with the same contact time..

My suggestion is that you download and analyse the key science concepts targeted in my Australian Science (Year 9 and Year 10) interactive PDF curriculum modules according to my School Term-based program templates to see which concepts are common.

My Australian Science (Year Levels 7 to 10) curriculum PDF modules are structured as a SPIRAL curriculum, where possible, and the modules explicitly identify for both the teacher and student the key science concepts as Understanding Outcome Statements.

Hopefully you and your science students have access ACCORDING TO NEED to a RELIABLE network of student personal computers together with a RELIABLE computer connected Interactive Whiteboard so that you can display to whole of class my modules.

I would then present to your 9/10 students as a whole class group using the Interactive White Board FIRSTLY my Year 9 module and then SECONDLY my Year 10 module targeting those key science concepts common to both the Year 9 and Year 10 curriculums.

My Australian Science (Year Levels 7 to 10) PDF curriculum modules explicitly promote Science Conceptual Change Learning so the student can more efficiently and effectively construct understanding of targeted key science concepts better than from trying to passively learn from commercial science textbooks.

Edward in conjunction with Computer/whiteboard Assisted Learning, I would explain and organise and show your combined class of Year 9/10 science students how structured Peer Tutoring in a supportive classroom learning environment can be used to support students who need more time to construct a satisfactory understanding of the targeted key science concepts common to both the Year 9/10 curriculums.

According to school/system requirements, I would ONLY differentiate Assessment by administering separate tests, which may contain common tasks, to your Year 9 and Year 10 science students for the Semester reporting of your student's science achievement.

Best Wishes,

Mike McGarry

    


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