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Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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A Comparison Study of Student Attitudes and Perceptions in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Classrooms.
Shields, Carolyn M.
Roeper Review, v24 n3 p115-19 Spr 2002
A commentary precedes this previously published study that indicates fifth-grade and eighth-grade students in homogeneous classes perceived that their teachers held higher expectations of them than did students who were heterogeneously grouped. The statistical methods used in the study are explained, along with key findings. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Data Analysis, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Heterogeneous Grouping, Homogeneous Grouping, Statistical Data, Student Attitudes, Teacher Expectations of Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Special Issue: A Quarter Century of Ideas on Ability Grouping and Acceleration of Gifted Students: Articles from the Roeper Review. Originally published in Roeper Review; v17 n4 p234-38 May-Jun 1995.
