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Individual Characteristics and Children's Learning in Large-Group and Small-Group Approaches. Report from the Project on Studies of Instructional Programming for the Individual Students.
Peterson, Penelope L.; Janicki, Terence – 1979
This study investigated aptitude-treatment interactions (ATI) in fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students' learning in large and small group teaching approaches. Each of two elementary teachers taught a two-week fractions unit to two classes of randomly assigned students. Each class received one approach. Students completed aptitude measures at the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Cognitive Style
Individual Characteristics and Children's Learning in Large-Group and Small-Group Approaches.
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Janicki, Terence C.; Peterson, Penelope L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1979
Aptitude-treatment interactions in large- and small-group learning situations were investigated. Students who initially preferred small groups did worse in that approach than in the large-group approach. High- and low-ability students did better and had more positive attitudes in the small- and large-group approaches, respectively. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Treatment Interaction