TY - JOUR
AU - Russell, David H.
AB - / i INTER-CLASS GROUPING F~ READiNG INSTRUCTION IN THE INTERMEDIATE GRADES DAVID H. RUSSELL* Univ ersity of California Berk el ey Editor ' s Note: Many plans ,of providing for individuals have been pro­ posed, each with gains and losses. Th e author discusses and presents data on a plan of providing for individual differences in reading which is widely used in th e San Francisco publ ic schools. THE PROBLEM FOR some years the San Francisco Public Schools have used a system of grouping for reading instruction in the intermediate grades locally known as "circling." In stead of the more usual grouping within anyone class, "circling" means that a considerable number of pupils in grades 4, 5, and 6 actually change rooms and teachers during reading periods. The different classes divide into three groups of high, average, and low reading abi liti es. Fourth-grade pupils of high reading achievement may move to a fifth or even sixth-grade group; the fifth-grade pupils may go into the slower group of fourth-grade or less achievement, stay in their own class, or move up into the group of best readers with sixth grade or better reading abi lity; sixth-grade pupils may move 
TI - Inter-Class Grouping for Reading Instruction in the Intermediate Grades
JF - The Journal of Educational Research
DO - 10.1080/00220671.1946.10881457
DA - 1946-02-01
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SP - 462
EP - 470
VL - 39
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -