Individualized Group: Implications for Practice

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Individualized Group Instruction: A Reality of ABE
Perrine Robinson-Geller, NCSALL Research Assistant
NCSALL - Rutgers University

Implications for Practice

• Number of learners (ratio of students to teacher)
• Independent learning vs. individualized instruction
• Better definition of what best practice is
• Identify effective teachers in IGI settings and use as ‘mentors’
• Use multiple subject teachers
• How can we use peer-to-peer instruction in this model?
• How can we enhance this instructional model?
• Staff development for how to include small group0 whole class activities as a part of IGI.
• Good curriculum and continually update and review
• Teachers should be aware of how IGI is abused and how to avoid missing opportunities.
• Teachers should acknowledge that IGI doesn’t meet some students’ needs/learning styles and accommodate their efforts!
• Peer groups can be facilitated even in ECIF sessions.