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Ability Grouping: 1970 -- IV. Conclusions and Recommendations.
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Findley, Warren G.; Bryan, Miriam M. – 1970
This paper synthesizes the three substantive reports on ability grouping described in TM 000 501-503. It lists the characteristics of ability grouping as practised in American school systems. Extensive conclusions and recommendations, generally unfavorable to ability grouping are given. Alternative educational strategies for improvement of…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Age Grade Placement, Classification
Ability Grouping: 1970 -- II. The Impact of Ability Grouping on School Achievement, Affective Development, Ethnic Separation and Socioeconomic Separation.
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Findley, Warren G.; Bryan, Miriam M. – 1970
In this comprehensive review, important studies from the literature relevant to the impact of ability grouping on students are summarized. The following are considered: the effect of heterogeneous and homogeneous grouping practices on academic achievement and affective development; the tendency of ability grouping to produce separation of students…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Age Grade Placement