Cody,
I have noticed similar issues to the ones you talked about in your paper. We usually adapt our lessons to the lower achieving kids, but it seems like the higher achieving kids get left out. I suppose it is a lot easier to go down and include everyone than to go up and leave some out. However, I still feel like we are "cheating" those higher level students. A lot of them have figured out the minimal work needed to get an A, do it easily, and then just goof off. It is really hard to keep them engaged sometimes. The hands-on activities that we do seem to serve everyone in the classroom pretty well. That is the best strategy I have seen so far in engaging all students.
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Erica and Cody-
I totally agree! The hands-on stuff has to be the best solution for now with inclusion because it is so hard not to leave one group out! I'm also finding some cool articles with my research for Dr. A's class relating to this...I'll share the best ones if you'd like!
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