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A Study To Determine What Difference, If Any, Exist When Comparing The Achievement Scores Of Two Groups Of Second Grade Students, One Grouped Homogeneously And One Grouped Heterogeneously, In Three Skill Areas--Reading, Math And Spelling--As Measured By The Standford Achievement Tests, Christine Boyett
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study is to determine what differences, if any, exist in reading, math and spelling achievement scores as measured by the Stanford Achievement Tests of the second grade students who were grouped homogeneously (i.e., were assumed to have similar academic abilities) and the second grade students who were heterogeneously grouped (i.e., were grouped according to no particular criteria) when compared to their first grade scores.
These two groups of second graders, each consisting of four classes with approximately twenty-five students in each class, provide an excellent opportunity for research study for the purpose stated above because they …