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ERIC Number: EJ344481
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1986
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Instructional and Institutional Effects of Ability Grouping.
Gamoran, Adam
Sociology of Education, v59 n4 p185-98 Oct 1986
Reviews research findings on ability grouping. Attempts to document the mechanisms through which stratification in schools influences student achievement, focusing on within-classroom ability grouping in 12 first grade classes. Results indicate that grouping has no direct effect on reading achievement by the end of the year. (JDH)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Early Reading, Educational Sociology, Grade 1, Institutional Research, Instructional Effectiveness, Methods Research, Reading Instruction, Word Recognition
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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