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How can we encourage interaction among age diverse students in a classroom?

I have observed in my classrooms that when there is a marked age difference among my students, some of the older students prefer to work alone rather than work with others.

I agree. That is very often the case. It is true that some adults offer a great deal of resistance to being asked to pair up with other classmates. However, I have discovered that sometimes, if not pressured, they can ease into teamwork activities to some degree. I admit that sometimes it has happened by accident; other times I have managed to create an environment in which they feel comfortable reaching out to there classmates. By paying attention to the circumstances in which collaboration has been the result, I have been able to have a strategy to at least try to "make it happen." My success rate in this regard is not very high, but I'm stull encouraged by the results.

 

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