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Within-class Ability Grouping

Within-Class Ability Grouping is an instructional organization strategy in which students within the same classroom are divided into small groups based on similar levels of academic achievement or skill, allowing targeted instruction while remaining part of the heterogeneous classroom setting.

201

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17.3K

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297

Authors

137

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2017–2026

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Within-class Grouping By Ability

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Publications

201

Ability Grouping and Student Achievement in Elementary Schools: A Best-Evidence Synthesis

Robert E. Slavin · Review of Educational Research · 1987 · 825 citations

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Achievement Effects of Ability Grouping in Secondary Schools: A Best-Evidence Synthesis

Robert E. Slavin · Review of Educational Research · 1990 · 769 citations

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Within-Class Grouping: A Meta-Analysis

Yiping Lou, Philip C. Abrami, John C. Spence et al. · Review of Educational Research · 1996 · 726 citations

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How Schools Work.

Joyce L. Epstein, Rebecca Anne Barr, Robert Dreeben · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1984 · 504 citations

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The Big-fish–little-pond-effect Stands Up to Critical Scrutiny: Implications for Theory, Methodology, and Future Research

Herbert W. Marsh, Marjorie Seaton, Ulrich Trautwein et al. · Educational Psychology Review · 2008 · 470 citations · Full text

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Authors

297

  1. SH
    Susan Hallam

    University of London, United Kingdom

    13 publications · 960 citations

    13

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  2. RE
    Robert E. Slavin

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    12 publications · 2.5K citations

    12

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  3. JI
    Judith Ireson

    University of London, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 915 citations

    11

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  4. MT
    Maureen T. Hallinan

    University of Notre Dame, United States

    7 publications · 503 citations

    7

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  5. AG
    Adam Gamoran

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    7 publications · 1K citations

    7

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1–5 of 297

Institutions

137

  1. University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    23 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    2.2K citations

  3. Queens College, CUNY

    New York, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    202 citations

  4. The Graduate Center, CUNY

    New York, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    269 citations

  5. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    2K citations

  6. City University of New York

    New York, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    120 citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    230 citations

  8. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    261 citations

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Venues

  1. American Educational Research Journal

    AERJ · 22 publications · 3.2K citations

    19

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  2. Review of Educational Research

    RER · 10 publications · 3.5K citations

    10

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  3. British Educational Research Journal

    BERJ · 10 publications · 696 citations

    10

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  4. Sociology of Education

    SOE · 7 publications · 992 citations

    7

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  5. The Journal of Educational Research

    JER · 7 publications · 254 citations

    7

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