Class Maker computer program for creating school class lists based upon student friendship requests and staff requirements

摘要

Creating classes for the new school year is a time consuming task that teachers are asked to complete each year. Many schools offer their students the opportunity to request friends to accompany them into the new year. The task of trying to balance class size with student academic ability, behaviour, classroom participation and gender while ensuring that everyone has a friend is considerable. Class Maker is an innovative software solution, developed to streamline this process and provide a number of balanced grade alternatives for teachers to choose from. Class groups can be sorted according to the following criteria: - Friend Requests - Student Separation - Multi-age composite classes - Essential Student Grouping - Manual Class Size - Gender Ratio