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Camara, Joan E.; Carr, B. Nathaniel; Grota, Barbara L. – Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2007
The principal focus of this study is an investigation of whether students' grade point average (GPA) is a viable criterion for forming student work groups in the undergraduate Legal Environment of Business course. More specifically, the research focuses on the impact of: (1) GPA-homogeneous (HO) and GPA-heterogeneous (HE) groups upon student…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Active Learning, Group Dynamics, Business Education
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Noddings, Nel – Elementary School Journal, 1989
Discusses the use of small groups for instruction. Topics include the composition of groups, the role of the teacher, choice of topics, and evaluation of students. (PCB)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Heterogeneous Grouping
Galloway, Dan; Schwartz, Wendell – 1994
Efforts at one high school to reconsider its practices of ability grouping and explore alternative assessment and grouping practices are described. Assessment of the schools' practices found that students in lower ability groups had a less stimulating curriculum, fewer positive role models, lower motivation, lower expectations for themselves, and…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Cooperative Learning, Educational Change, Educational Diagnosis