Effects of Ability Grouping on Secondary School Students.

Autor/in	Kulik, Chen-Lin C.
Institution	Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor. Center for Research on Learning and Teaching.
Titel	Effects of Ability Grouping on Secondary School Students.
Quelle	(1981), (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Ability Grouping; Academic Achievement; Classroom Environment; Secondary Education; Secondary School Students; Self Concept; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Homogene Gruppierung; Niveaugruppierung; Streaming; Schulleistung; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Sekundarbereich; Sekundarschüler; Selbstkonzept; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	The question of whether ability grouping has a positive or negative effect on school children is probed. This review on the topic covers experimental studies that divide students of a certain grade within a school into classes differing in average ability level. It is limited to secondary schools in the United States. An objective and quantitative approach, meta-analysis, was used. Results show that students gained more from grouped classes than from ungrouped ones. The effects of grouping on student attitudes toward subject matter were more striking than the effects of grouping on student achievement. Effects of grouping on attitudes toward school and self concept were also positive. This meta-analysis confirmed some common beliefs about the effects of grouping, and provided quantitative estimates of the size of grouping effects based on a large number of diverse studies. (Author/GK)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC