The Application of Enrichment Clusters to Teachers' Classroom Practices.

Reis, Sally M.; Gentry, Marcia; Maxfield, Lori R.

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ERIC Number: EJ565216

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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The Application of Enrichment Clusters to Teachers' Classroom Practices.

Reis, Sally M.; Gentry, Marcia; Maxfield, Lori R.

Journal for the Education of the Gifted, v21 n3 p310-34 Spr 1998

A study investigated the effects of providing one type of gifted-education pedagogy, enrichment clusters, to the entire population of two urban elementary schools. The teaching practices of classroom teachers who participated as cluster facilitators were positively affected both in the enrichment clusters and in regular classrooms. (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities, Gifted, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Professional Development, Teacher Improvement, Teaching Methods, Urban Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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