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L20 Achievement and Intelligence
L20 Achievement and Intelligence
NAME OF
GRADE: 11 SECTION: VENKATASAWMY
EDUCATOR:
DURATION: LESSON
PERIOD: 2 39-40 SUBJECT: SOCIOLOGY
(MINUTES) NUMBER:
TOPIC: EDUCATION DATE:
LEARNING To discuss the impact of measuring intelligence and selection on educational achievement.
OUTCOMES:
STUDENT'S
PRIOR Factors in educational achievement.
KNOWLEDGE
TEACHING
STRATEGIES
TEACHING
AIDS & Whiteboard, marker and textbook.
RESOURCEs
Teacher will explain to learners that tests IQ are still used to measure intelligence. Also link these
tests to setting and streaming in classes. Discuss the validity of such tests as a measure of
intelligence and how certain groups are automatically favoured by such measurements.
Lead into discussion about educational inequalities – link with the social background of those
learners most likely to be in university, in top-paying jobs, excluded etc
PROCEDURES Teacher will split students into groups and will ask them to prepare a debate on the ‘for’ and
‘against’ argument on IQ tests. Students will refer to the book to prepare for the debate.
Different groups will prepare and present.
Summing of by the teacher.
EVALUATION/
Oral questioning, fill in the blanks activity
ASSESSMENT
SELF-
REFLECTION/
REMARKS