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Peer reviewedCartwright, G. Phillip; McIntosh, Dean K. – Journal of Educational Research, 1972
Grouping heterogeneously, homogeneously, and flexibly made no significant difference in academic achievement in research done on 260 children over a 2-year period. (Editor)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Classification, Educationally Disadvantaged
Download full textBurroughs, Franklin; Tezer, Phyllis – 1968
Twenty teachers of English in Iran Girls' College (Tehran) grouped students homogeneously to attack the problem of overcrowded classes of students with diverse abilities and achievement levels. Hopefully, pupils would identify with their groups and strive competitively for greater proficiency in the English language. School personnel and…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Classification, English Instruction, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Hanggi, Gerald J. – Minnesota Reading Quarterly, 1971
Suggests practical ways for grouping students for reading instruction. (VJ)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Classification, Elementary Education, Heterogeneous Grouping
Peer reviewedHogben, Donald – Australian Journal of Education, 1978
Some of the problems and hazards associated with the use of standardized reading test scores in the formation and reformation of ability groups for reading instruction are discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Classification, Elementary Education, Homogeneous Grouping
Watson, Ken – Highway One, 1985
Advocates heterogeneous grouping and cites research indicating that it will be more beneficial to students than homogeneous grouping by ability. (DF)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Classification, Educational Research
Findley, Warren G.; Bryan, Miriam M. – 1970
The history of ability grouping, especially since 1920, is reviewed and three recent surveys on its use are described. Current data was collected from school officials in all states concerning: the grade levels at which grouping is used; the length of time it has been used; the bases on which students are assigned to groups; the number of students…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Ability Identification, Administrator Attitudes, Age Grade Placement
Findley, Warren G.; Bryan, Miriam M. – 1970
This paper synthesizes the three substantive reports on ability grouping described in TM 000 501-503. It lists the characteristics of ability grouping as practised in American school systems. Extensive conclusions and recommendations, generally unfavorable to ability grouping are given. Alternative educational strategies for improvement of…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Age Grade Placement, Classification
Jayatilleke, Raja, Comp. – 1976
This is the first of a series of Capsule Bibliographies on current issues in urban and minority education. It is a selection from a computer search using suitable descriptors matched against a standard Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse profile for urban and minority concepts. Such descriptors (subject headings) as…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Age Grade Placement, Annotated Bibliographies, Classification
Bryan, Miriam M. – 1971
Ability grouping, defined as "the practice of organizing classroom groups in a graded school to put together children of a given age and grade who have most nearly the same standing on measures or judgments of learning achievement or capability," is considered in terms of its effect upon students' academic achievement and affective development. It…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Classification
