Effects of within-class grouping on student achievement: An exploratory model

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-112

  Lou, Yiping ^a   Abrami, Philip C ^b   Spence, John C ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Achievement; Meta analysis; Small group instruction; Within class grouping

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007202326     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220670009598748     Document Type: Article

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