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Westbrook, Amy F. – Online Submission, 2011
It can be difficult to find adequate strategies when teaching problem solving in a standard based mathematics classroom. The purpose of this study was to improve students' problem solving skills and attitudes through differentiated instruction when working on lengthy performance tasks in cooperative groups. This action research studied for 15 days…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Cognitive Style, Homogeneous Grouping, Cooperative Learning
Shimahara, Erika – 1998
Tracking is a predominant method used by American public schools to instruct children of multiple abilities. Tracking has been highly criticized by scholars, however, for its detrimental effects on children's education. This paper investigates practitioners' rationale for using tracking and explores the effects of tracking in the classroom and on…
Descriptors: Ability, Diversity (Student), Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers