Ability Grouping and its Effect on Pupil Behaviour: A Case Study of a Midlands Comprehensive School

Title
Ability Grouping and its Effect on Pupil Behaviour: A Case Study of a Midlands Comprehensive School
Publication Date
1993
Author(s)
Taylor, Neil
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8438-319X
Email: ntaylor6@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ntaylor6
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
The College of Teachers
Place of publication
United Kingdom
UNE publication id
une:23516
Abstract
With minor variations, secondary schools in Britain follow one of four policies on ability grouping: Streaming: when each class in an annual intake is arranged hierarchically from the most to the least able, and pupils remain with their class for all subjects until the option system requires them to specialise; even then, all classes taking any one option are grouped according to ability. Setting: this is a variation on streaming, but classes are grouped by ability for particular subjects, for example maths or science. Banding: here pupils are divided into two or less frequently three ability bands, but within each band each class is of mixed ability. Mixed ability: here teachers seek to ensure that every class contains pupils with the full range of intellectual ability and social background (Wilcox and Eustace, 1980).
Link
Citation
Education Today, 43(2), p. 14-17
ISSN
0013-1547
Start page
14
End page
17

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