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Zhong, Zheng; Wang, Jun; Deng, Yaxin; Jin, Shuaizhen; Feng, Sijia; Li, Ruining – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Many studies have explored the effect of grouping and task distribution strategies in collaborative learning in the conventional condition, for example, grouping based on student's learning style, gender diversity, and motivation, but few studies have investigated the impact of heterogeneous grouping with mixed gender and ability factors and the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
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Barbier, Katelijne; Struyf, Elke; Verschueren, Karine; Donche, Vincent – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2023
Since there has been no clear overview of educational practices that benefit high-ability students in mixed-ability classrooms in grades one to six, this review aims to provide insight into the effects of educational practices on the cognitive and affective-motivational learning outcomes of high-ability students. In order to identify these…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Academic Ability, Ability Grouping, Heterogeneous Grouping
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Butler, Philippa; Weir, Kama – Kairaranga, 2013
The pervasiveness of academic ability grouping, or streaming, as a means of organising students into instructional groups in New Zealand schools remains a dominant discourse, despite international and New Zealand research that casts doubt on the benefits of this practice. This article documents teachers' views on the effects of an innovative form…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Ability Grouping, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Gaskins, Darlene – Online Submission, 2014
We need to come together as a team and become one system of total quality improvement regarding the education of our nation's children. In order to achieve a gold standard in the education of our nation's children, leadership has to be willing to go against the status quo and build bridges for long-term sustainable change. In order to survive,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Public Schools, Mathematics Achievement
ZWEIBELSON, I. – 1967
ABILITY GROUPING MAY PRODUCE NEGATIVE SCHOOL AND LEARNING ATTITUDES AND LESSEN THE MOTIVATION OF ABLE STUDENTS. THIS PROBABILITY IS SUPPORTED BY THE RESULTS OF A FOUR-YEAR PROJECT DESIGNED TO IMPROVE A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES PROGRAM THROUGH THE USE OF TEAM TEACHING TECHNIQUES AND A FLEXIBLE GROUPING ARRANGEMENT. THE EFFECTS OF THE…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academically Gifted, Achievement, Flexible Progression
Cuban, Larry – Phi Delta Kappan, 1990
After a 16-year absence from the public school classroom, an education professor returned for a semester to teach American history to an eleventh-grade class. He recounts four lessons concerning the need for classroom order, student motivation, teacher efficiency, alternative student grouping arrangements, and student feedback about teaching…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Classroom Environment, Grade 11, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
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Chen, Michael; Fresco, Barbara – 1976
This study analyzes the relationship between student achievement and school mobility climate. The hypothesis is that an average individual achievement score tends to drop as the school mobility climate becomes increasingly more selective. A selective climate classifies students by ability or achievement as early as possible through tracking or…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Competitive Selection
Savard, William G.; Cotton, Kathleen – 1983
The paper summarizes some educational research findings regarding effective schooling practices. Only those findings which have particular impact on educational program planners in the field of migrant education are discussed. These findings pertain to the following issues: class size, group size, ability grouping, parent participation in…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Class Size