Streaming, Setting and Mixed Ability Grouping in Primary and Secondary Schools: Some Research Findings.

Gregory, R. P.

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Publication Date: 1984

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Streaming, Setting and Mixed Ability Grouping in Primary and Secondary Schools: Some Research Findings.

Gregory, R. P.

Educational Studies, v10 n3 p209-26 1984

For primary and secondary schools, the evidence concerning the effects of streaming (grouping by overall ability) and mixed-ability grouping is inconclusive. Many have concluded that there is no difference between the two systems in their effect on academic progress, social adjustment, attitudes toward school, or friendship patterns. (RM)

Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Cluster Grouping, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Friendship, Heterogeneous Grouping, Mainstreaming, Social Adjustment, Student Attitudes

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