ASSIGNMENT BRIEFThis assignment is designed to help you focus your study as early as possible. You will present an outline proposal for the study in which you will clearly identify the topic to be studied, the methodologies you propose to use and at least one additional learning outcome you hope to achieve while engaged in the study. The proposal will also look at your development process in terms of selecting your studio so, for example, you could indicate what your initial idea was, how you selected and rejected ideas and how you decided on the final idea. You will refer to relevant literature in your work. A pro forma proposal will be provided to assist you with this work. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA Demonstrate a critical understanding of the topic to be studied Demonstrate a clear, critical and focused understanding of the additional learning that engaging in study will help to achieve Grade descriptors (please read them carefully, you should compare your answer with these descriptors): Passing the level Demonstrates that you have: an in-depth and critical understanding of the topic under consideration an ability to critically reflect and analyze current practice and identify issues for future development a critical understanding of the methodologies to be applied to the project and how they could help you acquire the necessary data a clear and focused understanding of the specific learning to be achieved as well as generic learning outcomes In addition the assignment will demonstrate: an ability to write in formal academic language an understanding of the style of Reference ConventionsGrade FailedThe assignment will show significant weaknesses in some or all of the following areas. It will be deemed not to have ... halfway through the document ... clarified that, faced with a wide range of different pupil needs and ability levels, teachers needed to develop new strategies and formalize existing 'craft knowledge' at to create optimal learning opportunities for multiple pupils within a single lesson. This may be relevant to this study as differentiation strategies are considered essential for effective teaching and have the clear goal of creating optimal learning opportunities. The Elton Report (1989) suggests that poorly differentiated lessons can cause behavioral problems. Behavior management is one of the additional learning outcomes I expect to gain from studying. Regarding action research methodology, there will be no theory/practice gap because theory and practice will be developed together "there is nothing more practical than a good theory" (Greenwood et al., 1993, p. 187).