Ability grouping, which is undemocratic and results in De Facto segregation, is attacked by the author. He cites the pros and the cons as well as references for each position. (MF)

Gifted pupils differ from their age-mates with respect to development potential, actual competencies, self-regulatory capabilities, and learning styles in one or more domains of competence. The question is how to design and develop education that fits and further supports such characteristics and competencies of gifted pupils. Analysis of various…

This article aims at analyzing laddering as a technique of qualitative research, emphasizing the procedures for data collection, analysis and interpretation, and its main limitations as well. "Laddering refers to an in-depth, one-on-one interviewing technique used to develop an understanding of how consumers translate the attributes of products…

The application of psychology and technology are used in the learning process while we use programmed learning modules. In programmed learning we use the small steps of learning resulting in mastery. The modules helps to respond the learners activity and to give immediate feedback. The learners will get their own timing to go through the lessons…

This evaluation form provides the teachers of Roslyn High School with the means by which to subjectively evaluate the school's tracking system. The six sections of the form, each of which provide for five possible responses, are concerned with the teacher's satisfaction with homogeneous grouping, how the teacher compares the advantages and…

The study was concerned with the formation of grouPs of students and specifically addressed the problem: Can a computerized Procedure be developed which assigns students to instructional groups, which maximizes the homogeneity of these groups when this homogeneity is based on relevent student learning characteristics, and which takes account of…

A theoretical model of the relationship between class size and achievement is proposed, based on the assumption that a teacher adjusts the style and pace of a lesson to the least able student. The model accounts for features of the Glass and Smith meta-analysis of research. (Author/MT)

Empirically determines if two approaches, i.e., individual predictor information versus group information, would yield different predictive results, and since the second approach involved the additional expense of grouping whether the prediction of criterion measures by individual data could be enhanced by the addition of group data. (Author/RC)

This study was designed to determine whether junior college freshmen demonstrate heterogeneity or homogeneity along certain personality dimensions. The subjects were 259 students enrolled in their first semester at California junior college. The two personality measures administered were the Adaptive-Flexibility Inventory, to measure the degree of…

The purpose of this paper is to summarize the issues and principal findings of research on homogeneous and heterogeneous ability grouping, and to consider the implications it may have for evaluating and improving the design of educational settings. To begin with, definitions of terms used in the discussion are given. The paper then proceeds to…

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)

Research tested the hypothesis that homogeneous subject groups would produce test responses with better homogeneity indices than those of the parent sample from which they were drawn. (Author)