Synthesis of Reseach on Grouping in Elementary and Secondary Schools.

Slavin, Robert E.

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ERIC Number: EJ376253

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Publication Date: 1988

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Synthesis of Reseach on Grouping in Elementary and Secondary Schools.

Slavin, Robert E.

Educational Leadership, v46 n1 p67-77 Sep 1988

Certain grouping arrangements in elementary and secondary schools appear to be instructionally effective for students, but the psychological drawbacks may offset any advantages. The relative benefits and disadvantages of within-class grouping and between-class grouping are discussed, along with the problems with ability grouping. (TE)

Descriptors: Class Organization, Elementary Secondary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Heterogeneous Grouping, Homogeneous Grouping, Instructional Program Divisions, Labeling (of Persons), Student Placement

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