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ERIC Number: EJ667267
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
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Short Circuits or Superconductors? Effects of Group Composition on High-Achieving Students' Science Assessment Performance.
Webb, Noreen M.; Nemer, Kariane Mari; Zuniga, Stephen
American Educational Research Journal, v39 n4 p943-89 Win 2002
Studied the effects of group ability composition (homogeneous versus heterogeneous) on group processes and outcomes for high-ability students completing science assessments. Results for 83 high ability students show the quality of group functioning serves as the strongest predictor of high-ability students' performance and explained much of the effect of group composition. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Group Dynamics, Group Instruction, High Achievement, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Performance Factors, Science Tests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Research supported in part by the Academic Senate on Research, Los Angeles Division, University of California and a grant from the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. Version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Center for Research and Evaluation on Standards and Student Testing (Los Angeles, CA, September 2000) and the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Seattle, WA, April 2001).