Impacts of Grouping and Time on the Math Learning of Language Minority Kindergartners

Autor:	Guanglei Hong, Rachel Garrett
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	Language minority 05 social sciences Time allocation 050401 social sciences methods 050301 education Skill development Education Disadvantaged Elementary mathematics 0504 sociology Homogeneous Mathematics education Time management Early childhood Psychology 0503 education
Zdroj:	Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 38:222-244
ISSN:	1935-1062 0162-3737
Popis:	Previous research has indicated benefits and potential pitfalls of within-class homogeneous and heterogeneous ability grouping for elementary math learning. However, there has been scant evidence with regard to the impacts of grouping for language minority kindergartners who may experience the small group setting differentially due to their particular needs for math and English language skill development. Analyzing the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study–Kindergarten cohort data, we find that heterogeneous grouping or a combination of heterogeneous and homogeneous grouping under relatively adequate time allocation is optimal for enhancing teacher ratings of language minority kindergartners’ math performance, while using homogeneous grouping only is detrimental. As hypothesized, suboptimal instructional organization seems to place language minority kindergartners in a vulnerable situation.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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