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Keshavarz, Mohammad Hossein; Atai, Mahmoud Reza; Ahmadi, Hossein – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2007
This study investigated the effects of linguistic simplification and content schemata on reading comprehension and recall. The participants, 240 Iranian male students of English as a foreign language (EFL), were divided into 4 homogeneous groups, each consisting of 60 participants (30 with high proficiency and 30 with low proficiency). To elicit…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Schemata (Cognition), Linguistics, Reading Comprehension
Tsolidis, Georgina; Dobson, Ian R. – Gender & Education, 2006
The current debate about boys' education risks taking us back decades in terms of understanding the significance of gender in relation to education. Of particular concern here is the tendency within such debates to rely on dichotomous understandings of gender which reinscribe essentialist understandings of both "girls" and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Males, Single Sex Schools
Dorman, Jeffrey P.; Aldridge, Jill M.; Fraser, Barry J. – International Education Journal, 2006
Research employing the Technology-Rich Outcomes-Focused Learning Environment Inventory (TROFLEI) was conducted in Australian secondary schools. A sample of 4,146 students from 286 classes responded to the TROFLEI which assesses 10 classroom environment dimensions: student cohesiveness, teacher support, involvement, task orientation, investigation,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Classification, Multivariate Analysis, Classroom Environment
Huedo-Medina, Tania B.; Sanchez-Meca, Julio; Marin-Martinez, Fulgencio; Botella, Juan – Psychological Methods, 2006
In meta-analysis, the usual way of assessing whether a set of single studies is homogeneous is by means of the Q test. However, the Q test only informs meta-analysts about the presence versus the absence of heterogeneity, but it does not report on the extent of such heterogeneity. Recently, the I[squared] index has been proposed to quantify the…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Intervals, Monte Carlo Methods, Comparative Analysis
1994
This collection of articles is intended to demonstrate that there is solid research to justify both ability grouping and cooperative learning with gifted students and that each approach should be used judiciously to address particular student needs. Introductory material describes the philosophy and program policy of the Center for Talented Youth…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
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
Ogletree, Earl J. – 1973
This study was conducted to investigate the comparative effects of homogeneous versus heterogeneous ability grouping on the reading achievement of slow learners in the first two elementary grades. Pretest and posttest scores obtained on the Metropolitan Reading Readiness Tests indicated that the type of grouping had no effect on the reading…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Heterogeneous Grouping, Homogeneous Grouping
KIMIZUKA, SUMAKO – 1967
APPROXIMATELY 480 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TAKING JAPANESE AT FOUR LOS ANGELES CITY HIGH SCHOOLS WERE STUDIED TO DETERMINE HOW EXPOSURE TO JAPANESE OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM INFLUENCED THE STUDENTS' WORK IN CLASS. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON RESPONSES TO QUESTIONNAIRES FILLED OUT BY 303 OF THE STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR EXPOSURE TO JAPANESE AT HOME, THEIR…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Ethnic Grouping, Family Environment, Heterogeneous Grouping
EKSTROM, RUTH B. – 1961
ONE MAJOR PROBLEM IN EDUCATION HAS BEEN TO FIND A METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING STUDENTS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE GREATEST POSSIBLE GAINS FOR THE STUDENTS AND FACILITATE THE BEST TEACHING TECHNIQUES. EDUCATORS SEEKING ANSWERS TO THIS PROBLEM HAVE EXPERIMENTED WITH DIVIDING CLASSES INTO GROUPS OF A MORE HOMOGENEOUS NATURE, USUALLY ON THE BASIS OF…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Class Organization, Enrichment Activities, Experimental Programs
Docherty, Edward M. – 1974
This paper presents a study designed to determine if groups of concrete and formal operational children can be identified through the technique of cluster analysis, using a battery of Piagetian tasks. A Total of 64 subjects, 8 boys and 8 girls from each of the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth grade levels, were selected from a public elementary…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cluster Analysis, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology
Kennett, Keith F.; Grant, Edward – 1975
Numerous investigations have used father's occupation as the central index in reports showing, in heterogeneous samples, a definite relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and measured intelligence on academic achievement in favour of the upper SES individual. Thus, commonly used terms have emerged, such as "middle-class bias" and "formal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Family Environment, Family Influence

Applegate, Mauree – Childhood Education, 1988
Considers how educational practices may be disintegrating children's development of a sense of a self that strives toward integrity and wholeness. Focuses on the current overemphasis on homogeneous grouping and IQ tests, the dullness of modern textbooks, and the lack of encouragement of critical thinking skills. (SKC)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education, Homogeneous Grouping

Pritchard, Rosalind M. O. – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1987
Investigation of Northern Ireland grammar school students' (N=125) attitudes toward streaming for French instruction revealed that streaming did not appear to engender feelings of alienation in the pupils subjected to it and actually helped many students keep up with the work. (CB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, French, Homogeneous Grouping

Chapple, John D. – Journal of College Admissions, 1984
Examined the influence of college housing assignments on retention of freshmen science majors, in a study of 103 students housed in proximity to other science majors and 43 housed at random. Results showed freshmen science majors housed near other science majors were more likely to be retained. (JAC)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Housing, College Science, Higher Education