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Toll, Mary F. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1991
A rationale is offered for the implementation of full-time programing for gifted students, arguing that scheduling less time does not maximize their potential. Florida programs for the gifted are noted, and suggestions are offered for school district officials who wish to implement similar full-time gifted programs. (JDD)
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Homogeneous Grouping
Sonnenburg, Teresa I. – 1983
The literature review presented here was conducted to investigate various types of differentiation in programs for academically gifted elementary school students. For the purpose of the review, the term "academically gifted" refers to students with high general intellectual ability; no speciic level of intelligence is implied. Following…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Practices
Witham, Joan – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1991
This paper discusses the pros and cons of full-time, self-contained classes for gifted children; full-time schools and full-time classes; principles of differentiated curriculum; and research results on academic and social issues. The paper concludes that self-contained classes provide a differentiated program that better meets the needs of gifted…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Needs, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedTerwel, Jan; And Others – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1994
Maintains that current research suggests that heterogeneous grouping is preferable. Reports on a study of a new mathematics curriculum using 600 students in 6 Dutch schools. Finds that students in heterogeneous classes taught with cooperative-learning techniques achieved more than students in traditional ability-grouped classrooms. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies
Peer reviewedHallinan, Maureen T. – Sociology of Education, 1994
Maintains that ability-group tracking focuses on two issues: (1) whether tracking is more effective in promoting student learning; and (2) whether all students benefit from tracking to the same degree. Concludes that tracking, as currently practiced, tends to be both inequitable and, at least for some students, ineffective. (CFR)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Ability, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices
Peer reviewedOakes, Jeannie – Sociology of Education, 1994
Responds to Maureen Hallinan's review of research and recommendations regarding grouping students for instructional purposes. Contends that ability grouping is much more than an administrative practice. Concludes that the school's normative, social, and political climate should be the object of reform. (CFR)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Ability, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices
Download full textSchrag, Judy A. – 1993
This document reviews information and research findings regarding various options to facilitate the full inclusion of students with disabilities. Principles of inclusive schools introduce the document. Three categories of strategies and interventions for working with students with disabilities are included: (1) program strategies, (2) classroom…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Techniques, Consultation Programs, Cooperative Learning
