What factors influenced pupils and teachers views about grouping?
Most of the secondary school students involved in the study (62 per cent) preferred setting, but a large number (24 per cent) preferred mixed ability classes. Pupils’ and students’ views of ability grouping depended on the type of grouping in their school, their ability and their gender: • boys, students in mixed ability classes and students in lower sets tended to prefer mixed ability grouping • girls, students in set schools and students in high sets tended to prefer setting. Most teachers believed that teaching students in structured ability groups raised academic standards, although they were also aware of the possible negative effects of highly structured ability grouping on learners’ self-esteem and that these could be avoided through having mixed ability groups. Like the pupils and students, teachers’ attitudes were related to the grouping structures adopted within their own school, but they were also related to the subject they taught. For example, although most teachers though
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