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ERIC Number: EJ423519
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
Flexible Grouping: It Works!
Barbour, Nita H.
Childhood Education, v67 n2 p66-67 Win 1990
Discusses advantages of flexible grouping over ability grouping. Maintains ability grouping is nonprogressive, and blames it for the unequal treatment of students who have a low perception of themselves. Flexible grouping is based on the use of a variety of group patterns to accommodate diverse interests, learning rates, and special styles. (DG)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Heterogeneous Grouping, Individual Needs, Peer Teaching, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Learning Groups