(of a class or school) having students of different levels of educational or physical ability.
nearly three-quarters of lessons took place in mixed-ability classes
Example sentencesExamples
- Most RE lessons are taught to mixed-ability classes.
- There are no significant differences between setting and mixed-ability teaching in overall attainment outcomes.
- The concept of the mixed-ability school was established in Britain.
- There are those who say that clever kids should be schooled in mixed-ability classes.
- Ideally, in mixed-ability teaching, the pupils should be following the same theme to different depths.
- They concluded that average-ability pupils benefited most from mixed-ability teaching.
- Literacy lessons were more varied than usual with greater use of paired and mixed-ability group work.
- In some states, whole-class mixed-ability teaching is promoted to the extent that ability or interest grouping is actually prohibited.
- Students should be organised in mixed-ability groups to support each other.
- In some schools, as many as 83 percent of children opposed mixed-ability classes.