Improving Performance for Gifted Students in a Cluster Grouping Model

Autor/inn/en	Brulles, Dina; Saunders, Rachel; Cohn, Sanford J.
Titel	Improving Performance for Gifted Students in a Cluster Grouping Model
Quelle	In: Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 34 (2010) 2, S.327-350 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3532
Schlagwörter	Academically Gifted; Action Research; Mathematics Achievement; Cluster Grouping; Models; Urban Schools; Elementary Education; Comparative Analysis; Grade 7; Grade 8; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Projektforschung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Eingruppierung; Analogiemodell; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Elementarunterricht; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Although experts in gifted education widely promote cluster grouping gifted students, little empirical evidence is available to attest to its effectiveness. This study is an example of comparative action research in the form of a quantitative case study that focused on the mandated cluster grouping practices for gifted students in an urban elementary school district. Some school administrators chose not to follow the model as designed, resulting in the emergence of two groups: gifted students in cluster-grouped classrooms and those in regular heterogeneous classrooms. This action research project analyzed achievement in mathematics for subgroups that included gender, grade levels, ethnicity, and English language learner status. Results indicate that the gifted students in gifted cluster classes demonstrated statistically significant and scientifically meaningful achievement growth, regardless of their demographic group. (Contains 3 tables, 1 footnote, and 5 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10