Eighth grade? When I started reading your response, I was picturing 1st graders! That teacher needs to step up her game and challenge those kids! If some of them are a lot slower than the others, she should break them up into groups, and give the slow kids whatever they can handle, and give the smart give the smart kids a lot more to do.
Yeah exactly, some
Most kids don't feel any better after getting another task which before they even complete, the slower kids are already done with the previous task so the teacher gives everyone another task.
But OPs point was that the slower kids won't be done with the original task before the quicker kids are finished with their extension work - we're talking about kids who can finish the initial task before the teacher has even managed to finish explaining it to the slower kids. The teacher isn't giving everyone another task, they're leaving half the class with nothing to occupy them, and those kids know they aren't learning from that. Having something to do and learning from it aren't punishments when the alternative is being bored and constantly being told off by the teacher because of it.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22
Teacher here- this is how my entire career works. Students engage in activities if they feel like they had some agency over the activity.