Inclusiveness for all: the importance of individualization and differentiation for achieving educational progress in children in kindergarten
Abstract
The publication outlines the importance of individualization and
differentiation when selecting and developing educational content, as well
as when planning the goals of pedagogical interactions in the kindergarten.
The results of a study involving experimental and control groups of 3–4- and
6–7 year-old children are presented; they indicate greater improvement in
the progress of children in the group where an individual and differentiated
approach had been systematically applied to all pupils.
Keywords: individualization; differentiation; individual educational progress;
3–4 year-old children; 6–7 year-old children.
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