In Search of Reality: Unraveling the Myths about Tracking, Ability Grouping, and the Gifted.

Fiedler, Ellen D.; Lange, Richard E.; Winebrenner, Susan

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ERIC Number: EJ648863

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Publication Date: 2002

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In Search of Reality: Unraveling the Myths about Tracking, Ability Grouping, and the Gifted.

Fiedler, Ellen D.; Lange, Richard E.; Winebrenner, Susan

Roeper Review, v24 n3 p108-11 Spr 2002

This reprint of a previously published article describes a study that examined the relationship of six commonly held myths regarding ability grouping to educators' efforts to provide the best instructional programs for all students. The article is preceded by a commentary stressing the need for appropriate services. (Contains references.) (CR)

Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Homogeneous Grouping, Instructional Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: A Quarter Century of Ideas on Ability Grouping and Acceleration of Gifted Students: Articles from the Roeper Review. Originally published in Roeper Review; v16 n1 p4-7 Sep 1993.