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Book Ability Grouping in Education

Download or read book Ability Grouping in Education written by Judith Ireson and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ability Grouping in Education provides an overview of ability grouping in education. The authors consider selective schooling and ability grouping within schools, such as streaming, banding setting and within-class grouping.

Book The Impact of Ability Groups on Student Mathematics Achievement

Download or read book The Impact of Ability Groups on Student Mathematics Achievement written by Kovi Christiansen and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the study was to evaluate data on ability grouping for sixth grade students and whether improvements could be linked to ability-grouped students.

Book The Effects of Within Class Ability Grouping on Primary Students Academic Achievement

Download or read book The Effects of Within Class Ability Grouping on Primary Students Academic Achievement written by Hiu-Wing Michelle Wu and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "The Effects of Within-class Ability Grouping on Primary Students' Academic Achievement" by Hiu-wing, Michelle, Wu, 胡曉穎, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Ability grouping has been highly debated in the educational field for years. This study aimed to test the effect of ability grouping on Hong Kong children. A between-subjects design was used to investigate whether students' achievement in English would be affected by the practice of ability grouping 102 Hong Kong primary school children studying in Primary One took part in the investigation. All participants first undertook a pre-test that determined their ability level- high, average or low. 51 Students were then grouped homogeneously (HM) according to ability level while students from another 51 students were grouped in heterogeneous (HT) ability setting. After attending two English lessons on the topic of singular/plural noun, students completed the post-test and a survey on ability grouping. It was hypothesised that ability grouping would have positive effect on average and high ability students while low ability students would benefit more from heterogeneous grouping. The not significant effect between HM and HT groups, F(1,96)=0.210, p=0.648, and between the ability levels between two groupings, F(2,96)=0.020, p=0.980, found in this study failed to support the research hypotheses. The findings tended to support the work of Oakes (1985, 1995, 2005), Oakes and Lipton (1990) and Slavin (1987). Yet, it was suggested that no conclusion on the effectiveness of grouping on student learning could be reached. Further implications and recommendations were included in this research. Subjects: English language - Study and teaching (Primary) - China - Hong Kong Ability grouping in education - China - Hong Kong Academic achievement - China - Hong Kong - Psychological aspects

Book Implications for Ability Grouping in Mathematics for Fifth Grade Students

Download or read book Implications for Ability Grouping in Mathematics for Fifth Grade Students written by Anne M. Stinnett and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the effects of ability grouping on fifth grade students at 47 elementary schools in a large urban school district. Using disaggregated standardized test data that statistically measures achievement growth, this study analyzes gains among students assigned to prior achievement quintiles as compared to three grouping strategies: homogeneous, heterogeneous with special classes for advanced and special education, and heterogeneous ability groups. The findings suggest that the grouping strategies used in these schools are effective for the students at these schools. Most significant is that, on average, low achieving schools are grouping students in ways that are exhibiting positive gains among low achievers. Conversely, schools with large populations of high achievers are grouping in ways that are making gains among high achievers. Average students show similar gains among all three grouping strategies. Overall, the research and data suggest the importance of using multiple data sources, knowledge of students and school culture, as well as pedagogy to determine appropriate grouping strategies for particular schools.

Book Ability Grouping for Mathematics Effect on Achievement of Gifted and Talented Students

Download or read book Ability Grouping for Mathematics Effect on Achievement of Gifted and Talented Students written by Diane De Pascale and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Effects of Ability Grouping Versus Mixed Ability Grouping on Fourth Grade Mathematics Achievement

Download or read book The Effects of Ability Grouping Versus Mixed Ability Grouping on Fourth Grade Mathematics Achievement written by Karen A. Rieger and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of ability grouping vs. mixed ability grouping on the mathematics achievement of high, medium, and low ability fourth grade students. Achievement was measured by mean growth on California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) California Standards Tests (eSTs). The sample was composed of 704 fourth grade students from two elementary schools in the same Southern California school district. The research method chosen was a non-experimental quantitative retrospective study. Statistical analysis using a two-way ANOV A and t-tests was performed on three consecutive years oftest scores. Results showed that students of all ability levels experienced significantly higher achievement in homogeneously grouped classes. High ability students in heterogeneously grouped classes showed negative mean growth all three years of the study and medium ability students showed negative mean growth two of three years. Pacing, level of differentiation, and affect may play an important part in the effects of instructional grouping observed in the study. Keywords: ability grouping, homogeneous, heterogeneous, differentiation, pacing, affect, mathematics performance

Book Keeping Track

    Keeping Track

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  • Author : Jeannie Oakes
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2005-05-10
  • ISBN : 9780300174069
  • Pages : 356 pages

Download or read book Keeping Track written by Jeannie Oakes and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2005-05-10 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected by the American School Board Journal as a “Must Read” book when it was first published and named one of 60 “Books of the Century” by the University of South Carolina Museum of Education for its influence on American education, this provocative, carefully documented work shows how tracking—the system of grouping students for instruction on the basis of ability—reflects the class and racial inequalities of American society and helps to perpetuate them. For this new edition, Jeannie Oakes has added a new Preface and a new final chapter in which she discusses the “tracking wars” of the last twenty years, wars in which Keeping Track has played a central role. From reviews of the first edition:“Should be read by anyone who wishes to improve schools.”—M. Donald Thomas, American School Board Journal“[This] engaging [book] . . . has had an influence on educational thought and policy that few works of social science ever achieve.”—Tom Loveless in The Tracking Wars“Should be read by teachers, administrators, school board members, and parents.”—Georgia Lewis, Childhood Education“Valuable. . . . No one interested in the topic can afford not to attend to it.”—Kenneth A. Strike, Teachers College Record

Book Total School Cluster Grouping and Differentiation

Download or read book Total School Cluster Grouping and Differentiation written by Marcia Gentry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Total School Cluster Grouping Model is a specific, research-based, total-school application of cluster grouping combined with differentiation, focused on meeting the needs of students identified as gifted while also improving teaching, learning, and achievement of all students. This revised and updated second edition of Total School Cluster Grouping and Differentiation includes rationale and research followed by specific steps for developing site-specific applications that will make the important art of differentiation possible by reducing the range of achievement levels in teachers' classrooms. Materials to support staff development—including powerful simulations, evaluation, management, special populations, differentiation strategies, social and emotional needs, and recommended materials—are included.

Book The Impact of Math Ability Grouping on Second Grade Student Growth

Download or read book The Impact of Math Ability Grouping on Second Grade Student Growth written by Cristil Rogers and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many research studies that support ability grouping, oppose ability grouping, and several that are neither for nor against this strategy. Therefore the basis for my research stems from the essential question, does ability grouping improve the assessment scores of students? For this study the second grade math assessment scores of two classrooms were analyzed. One study group was exposed to between-class ability grouping while the other group was exposed to within-class ability grouping. These two strategies were the primary grouping method for math instruction in these two separate environments. The pre- and post-test assessment scores of the Place Value District Common Assessment were used as the measurement tool to compare the results for each group. Through this action research one can conclude that the effects of grouping students by ability level in both with-in class and between-class groups lends to similar results. There is no evidence from this study that suggest using any type of ability grouping has a negative effect on academic growth.

Book Ability Grouping Classroom Instruction and Students Mathematics Gains in Charter and Traditional Public Schools

Download or read book Ability Grouping Classroom Instruction and Students Mathematics Gains in Charter and Traditional Public Schools written by Mark Berends and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this paper, the authors examine differences between school types in the uses of ability grouping, instructional differences, and relationship of ability grouping to student mathematics achievement. Specifically, they address the following questions with teacher reports of students' mathematics placement in middle school: (1) Does the use of ability grouping differ between charter and traditional public schools?; and (2) What is the relationship between ability group placement and students' mathematics achievement gains? The data come from surveys of teachers in charter and traditional public schools, located in urban, suburban, and rural contexts across 24 states. The schools all participate in the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) assessment program and student achievement data in mathematics come from NWEA assessments. The data come from the What Makes Schools Work project to examine organization and instructional conditions in different types of schools. The findings reveal significant differences in the use of ability grouping in charter (CPS) and traditional public schools (TPS). For example, a greater percentage of CPS students are placed in both high ability groups (17% compared with 12% TPS students) and lower ability groups (20% compared with 13% TPS). Fewer CPS students are in mixed ability groups (20% compared with 51% TPS). Moreover, CPS student gains in each group were larger than those of TPS students in similar groups, and the gains of students in the high ability group were greater than those in the low ability group, contributing to increasing inequality over the school year. Few instructional differences among groups and between CPS and TPS teachers were significantly different, although further analyses are necessary.