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Berliner, David; Casanova, Ursula – Instructor, 1988
Two researchers present their views on effective strategies for ability grouping, pointing out how grouping both low- and high-ability students together can help both to achieve better when they are grouped heterogeneously. (CB)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Elementary Education, Group Dynamics, Heterogeneous Grouping
Sonnenburg, Teresa I. – 1983
The literature review presented here was conducted to investigate various types of differentiation in programs for academically gifted elementary school students. For the purpose of the review, the term "academically gifted" refers to students with high general intellectual ability; no speciic level of intelligence is implied. Following…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Practices
Flor, Romaine A. – 1980
Twenty-one studies of the effectiveness of various grouping plans for elementary reading instruction are reviewed in this paper. Following the review, the studies are summarized according to the grade level with which they dealt, and conclusions are drawn regarding the most effective grouping plans. Among the conclusions reported are: (1) no one…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Heterogeneous Grouping, Homogeneous Grouping
Peer reviewedHersberger, Jim – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1995
Discusses research on cooperative learning groups and concludes that cooperative groups should often be homogeneous. (15 references) (MKR)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Homogeneous Grouping
Maltby, Florence – Gifted Education International, 1986
Observation of educational environments of 39 gifted students in primary and middle schools from a school district in England identified two methods of educational enrichment: circumstantial and specific. Teaching skills for the development of an individualized curriculum within the existing organizational structure are stressed. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Needs, Elementary Education
Raze, Nasus – 1985
This literature review concerns the concept of alternative grade configurations at the elementary level, in which elementary schools are subdivided into primary (K-2) and intermediate (3-5) units. Because of the paucity of literature on this concept, the major part of the report focuses on the reorganization of the elementary schools of the South…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Class Organization, Developmental Stages, Educational Environment
Download full textBalzer, Charlene – 1991
This review of the literature summarizes findings on instructional grouping issues and academic achievement of gifted elementary students. The review addresses problems of using standardized tests to evaluate instructional effectiveness of grouping arrangements, distinctions between providing the same curriculum and a differentiated curriculum to…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Elementary Education
