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Phillips, Charles D.; Chen, Min; Sherman, Michael – Gerontologist, 2008
Purpose: This research investigates what factors affect the degree to which nursing home performance explains variance in residents' change in status of activities of daily living (ADL) after admission. Design and Methods: The database included all residents admitted in 2002 to a 10% random sample of nursing homes in the United States.…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Homogeneous Grouping, Nursing Homes, Heterogeneous Grouping
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Lemke, E. A.; And Others – Journal of Educational Research, 1974
Subjects stratified by ability and extroversion initially achieved concept attainment in homogeneous (all introverts or all extroverts) or heterogeneous (one-half of the members extroverts) personality groups. Concepts were attained individually in a subsequent transfer stage. (Authors/JA)
Descriptors: Ability, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Heterogeneous Grouping
Webb, Noreen M.; Cullian, Linda K. – 1981
Most research on small group learning has focused on achievement, but few studies have systematically investigated the effects of group processes on achievement, or the influences of individual aptitudes and group composition on group processes. To investigate the relationship between student aptitudes, group process, and achievement in…
Descriptors: Achievement, Aptitude, Group Dynamics, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)