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Download full textJUSTMAN, JOSEPH – 1967
RESEARCH FINDINGS ON ABILITY GROUPING ARE INCONCLUSIVE BECAUSE NEITHER HETEROGENEITY NOR HOMOGENEITY HAS BEEN DEFINED WITH SUFFICIENT CLARITY. THE TENDENCY IN THESE STUDIES HAS BEEN TO STRESS THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PUPILS IN SUCH CLASSES RATHER THAN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CLASS AS A WHOLE. IN A STUDY OF 181 CLASSES (4,705 PUPILS) HOMOGENEITY WAS…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Achievement Gains, Data, Elementary Schools
Feldman, Shirley C.; And Others – 1971
The reading progress of 96 disadvantaged children from kindergarten through grade 3 was analyzed to determine rate and consistency of reading growth as estimated from several reading measures. Although steady growth was observed on all measures, rate and consistency varied with the type of reading measure used, as well as with the specific test…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Homogeneous Grouping, Informal Reading Inventories, Kindergarten Children
Martin, Jeanne; And Others – 1980
Data were collected in a teacher effectiveness study on the interaction of teachers and first grade students while the students participated in reading groups within intact classrooms. The teacher behavior variables were then related to students achievement using three units of analysis: class means, reading group means within classes, and student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary School Teachers
