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Likes Attract: Students Self-Sort in a Classroom by Gender, Demography, and Academic Characteristics
Direct linkFreeman, Scott; Theobald, Roddy; Crowe, Alison J.; Wenderoth, Mary Pat – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2017
Although a growing literature has documented the effectiveness of informal group work during class sessions, virtually no data exist on which students are collaborating. As a result, instructors rarely know whether students are self-sorting in ways that maximize learning. This article explores which undergraduate students worked together on each…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics, Heterogeneous Grouping
Peer reviewedJaco, Daniel E.; Shepard, Jon M. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1975
The findings in this study were generally inconsistent and nonsupportive of a relationship between demographic homogeneity and spousal response consensus within or across the two areas of sex knowledge and family planning attitudes. Consideration of the limitations, implications, and future directions of this research are presented. (Author/PC)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Demography, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Planning
Download full textBeverly, Robert F. – 1968
Base expectancy tables developed by the California Youth Authority apply to total population of male wards released on parole by the state. Subpopulations of relatively homogeneous make-up offered the possibility of developing base expectancy tables of greater predictive ability. Multiple regression analysis showed the overall advantages and…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Demography, Expectancy Tables, Homogeneous Grouping
Marks, Sue; Gregory, Thomas B. – 1975
Twelve learner characteristics and 26 demographic characteristics of entering preservice teachers were investigated to determine if the presumption of homogeneity was valid in relation to selected learner characteristics and to discover which, if any, demographic characteristics could serve as predictors of learner characteristics. The study also…
Descriptors: Demography, Education Majors, Homogeneous Grouping, Needs Assessment
Goldstein, Sidney; Goldscheider, Calvin – 1968
This study concentrates on generation change and social change in a Jewish community in the metropolitan area of Providence, Rhode Island, as a means of delineating the multidimensional nature of assimilation patterns among three generations of American Jews. Concomitant to a consideration of the degree and nature of assimilation and acculturation…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Biculturalism, Cultural Pluralism, Demography
Persell, Caroline Hodges – 1976
The question examined extensively in this document is why socioeconomic status and race are related to academic achievement. While most explanations look to the cognitive or cultural deficiencies of lower class and minority students, this volume considers an alternative explanation. Prevailing definitions of academic achievement undoubtedly…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Demography
