Instructional Strategies—Grouping Options
Ability Grouping – the flexible regrouping of students based on individual instructional needs.
Further Reading
- Kulik, J. A. (1992). An analysis of the research on ability grouping: Historical and contemporary perspectives (RBDM 9204). Storrs, CT: University of Connecticut, The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented.
- Rogers, K. B. (1991). The relationship of grouping practices to the education of the gifted and talented learner (RBDM 9102). Storrs, CT: University of Connecticut, The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented.National Association for Gifted Children’s Position Paper on Ability Grouping (http://www.nagc.org/policy/pp_ability_grouping.pdf)
Cluster Grouping – the placement of a group of similar-ability students in a regular classroom for all of or a portion of their day.
Further Reading
- Cluster Grouping of Gifted Students: How to Provide Full-Time Services on a Part-Time Budget by Susan Winebrenner and Barbara Devlin, ERIC EC Digest #E607.
- Gentry, M. L. (1999). Promoting Student Achievement and Exemplary Classroom Practices Through Cluster Grouping: A Research-Based Alternative to Heterogeneous Elementary Classrooms (RM99138). Storrs, CT: The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, University of Connecticut.