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Miller, Phyllis, Ed. – Mensa Research Journal, 1998
This issue of a research journal on gifted education explores different perspectives on tracking in schools, the difference between equity and equality, whether equity is the enemy of excellence, and how all can be treated equally if some people are more intelligent than others. Specific articles include: (1) "Inequity in Equity: How 'Equity' Can…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Ability Identification, Cluster Grouping, Educational Discrimination

Loeb, Jame; Bowers, John – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1973
Results of this study indicate that programs of study which are homogeneous in terms of the abilities, interests, and college grades of their students can be identified, that these programs differ on at least two interpretable dimensions, and that grouping of curricula on these bases simultaneously groups them according to sex ratio. (Authors)
Descriptors: College Students, Dropout Prevention, Educational Programs, Group Structure
Rothstein, Richard – This Magazine Is About Schools, 1971
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Ability Identification, Black Students, Educational Objectives
Stanchfield, Jo M. – Florida Reading Quart, 1970
Descriptors: Attention Span, Beginning Reading, Homogeneous Grouping, Learning

Waltman, Bill – Journal of Thought, 1979
After defining the relevant terms, the author examines the perpetual debate over the pros and cons of ability grouping, noting that, while conclusive research evidence is lacking for either side, teachers overwhelmingly support ability grouping. This, the author feels, may be evidence of a class structure in the schools. (SJL)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education

Hogben, Donald – Australian Journal of Education, 1978
Some of the problems and hazards associated with the use of standardized reading test scores in the formation and reformation of ability groups for reading instruction are discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Classification, Elementary Education, Homogeneous Grouping

Tieso, Carol L. – Roeper Review, 2003
A review of the literature on best practices, both instructional and curricular, that may lead to increased achievement among gifted students, found that flexible ability grouping, combined with appropriate curricular revision or differentiation, may result in substantial achievement gains both for average and high ability learners. (Contains…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education

Lando, Bella Z.; Schneider, Barry H. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1997
A study observed 32 eighth-grade students, divided according to their educational program placements, working on various tasks in either homogeneous or heterogeneous ability groups. Homogeneously congregated, gifted children exchanged constructive types of knowledge and prosocial feedback significantly more often than other homogeneous groups or…
Descriptors: Gifted, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Heterogeneous Grouping, Homogeneous Grouping

Hunt, Barbara – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 1997
Comparison of gifted, average ability, and low ability sixth grade students (total n=208), in either homogeneous or heterogeneous instructional settings, found a positive effect for achievement in mathematics for the gifted students in the homogeneous grouping. No significant difference in mathematics achievement based on grouping was found for…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academically Gifted, Grade 6, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)

Feldhusen, John F.; Kennedy, Dorothy M. – Roeper Review, 1989
A study examined views of teachers about the impact of honors classes on secondary students in regular classes with gifted students removed and on the gifted students in honors classes. Results show honors classes in basic subjects are positive for honors and regular students and for teachers of both. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, High School Students, High Schools, Homogeneous Grouping

Robitaille, David F.; Robeck, Edward C. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1995
"The Bell Curve" claims that most human differences and almost all social injustices can be traced to intelligence, and that distribution of intelligence should influence distribution of educational resources to allow students to find their proper and inevitable place in society. Applied to educational policy, this vision of the world…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Discrimination, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education

Fiedler, Ellen D.; And Others – Roeper Review, 1993
This article addresses six myths often used to oppose ability grouping of gifted students. These concern distinctions between tracking and ability grouping; ability grouping and elitism; discrimination against racial and minority groups; gifted students' supposed lack of special needs; the effectiveness of cooperative learning for all students;…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Cooperative Learning, Educational Philosophy, Gifted
Winebrenner, Susan; Devlin, Barbara – 1991
This fact sheet on cluster grouping of gifted students explains what cluster groups are, contrasts cluster grouping with tracking, offers a rationale for cluster grouping, outlines the special learning needs of gifted students, lists specific skills needed by cluster teachers, points out that cluster grouping should supplement rather than replace…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Cluster Grouping, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education

Martin, David J. – Science Teacher, 1975
Descriptors: General Science, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Homogeneous Grouping, Individualized Instruction
DREWS, ELIZABETH M. – 1963
A STUDY WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF HETEROGENEOUS AND HOMOGENEOUS GROUPING IN NINTH-GRADE ENGLISH CLASSES. ON THE BASES OF IQ AND READING LANGUAGE SKILLS, STUDENTS WERE GROUPED AT THREE ABILITY LEVELS AND PLACE IN HETEROGENEOUS, HOMOGENEOUS SUPERIOR, HOMOGENEOUS SLOW, AND HOMOGENEOUS AVERAGE CLASSES. TEACHER VARIABLES WERE REDUCED BY…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, English, Grade 9, Group Instruction