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EJ464542 PS520431
Title: Ability Grouping in the Middle Grades: Achievement Effects and Alternatives.Author(s): Slavin, Robert E.
Source: Elementary School Journal, v93 n5 p535-52 May 1993
Publication Date: 1993
Notes: Thematic Issues: Middle Grades Research and Reform.
ISSN: 0013-5984
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080)
Journal Announcement: CIJOCT1993
Reviews research
on the effects of ability grouping on the achievement of middle
school students. Found no or few effects of ability grouping for
high, average, and low achievers in 27 studies. Alternatives to
between-class ability grouping, including cooperative learning and
within-class grouping, are discussed. (PAM)
Descriptors: *Ability Grouping; *Academic Achievement; Adolescents;
Case Studies; Cooperative Learning; Elementary Education; *Grouping
(Instructional Purposes); *Heterogeneous Grouping; *Middle Schools;
Preadolescents; Track System (Education)
Identifiers: *Block Scheduling
