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ERIC Number: EJ381254
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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The Formation and Instruction of Ability Groups.
Dreeben, Robert; Barr, Rebecca
American Journal of Education, v97 n1 p34-64 Nov 1988
Analysis of first-grade reading instruction reveals that teaching contains important technological elements, which can be formulated as principles expressing coherent connections between means and ends; they pervade school-system organization and are not restricted to classes. Teaching is not largely intuitive, unpredictable, or resistant to analysis. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Group Instruction, Instruction, Models, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Teaching Models
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Administrators; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Group Characteristics